Suspected political thugs on Sunday invaded a rally organised by the Lagos chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), scattering contributors and leaving several folk injured.
Naija Facts experiences that the rally, held at Lion Field in Alimosho Local Authorities Dwelling, became spearheaded by dilapidated Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, to welcome Peter Obi, Labour Birthday celebration’s 2023 presidential candidate, and Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the LP’s governorship flag bearer in Lagos, into the procure together.
The match, which also aimed to sensitise residents on voter registration earlier than the 2027 frequent elections, had supreme ethical kicked off when hoodlums stormed the venue, chasing away contributors.
There had been speculations that the attackers had been loyalists of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos.
Policemen deployed to the bottom had been stated to had been overwhelmed because the miscreants unleashed mayhem.
As of press time, no arrests had been made by the Lagos Speak Police Pronounce.
Whereas ADC individuals pointed accusing fingers at the ruling procure together, the Publicity Secretary of the Lagos APC, Seye Oladejo, denied any involvement, describing the allegations as baseless.
Oladejo, in an interview with Leading edge, stated, “The opposition is indubitably no longer serving to our democracy to grow by accusing the ruling procure together to be the explanation for their inner rifts.
“It is a well-acknowledged indisputable fact that the opposition in the country is a home divided against itself. The APC, because the ruling procure together, is the supreme stakeholder relating to inserting forward peace and tranquility in the impart.
“The opposition as currently constituted poses no possibility to us and we’re no longer of their inability to establish their home in narrate. They are already attempting to search out excuses for their impending defeat attain 2027.
“We vehemently order any role in the failure of their rally and desire to poke them no longer to throw the impart into turmoil. We hereby call on all law enforcement agencies to procure clear that that the peace of the impart is never any longer disrupted by some political jobbers.”
© 2025 Naija Facts, a division of Polance Media Inc. Contact us via [email protected]
