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After Asaba, Thugs Attack NDC Townhall In Lagos – Supporters Fight Back
Pandemonium broke out on Thursday at Classic Event Place, Oregun, Lagos, when suspected thugs armed with cudgels and cutlasses stormed a townhall meeting of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).
The meeting was organised ahead of the arrival of the NDC Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, and his running mate, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso.
Eyewitnesses said the attackers broke into the hall while supporters were waiting for Obi and Kwankwaso. Many scampered for safety as the thugs advanced.
But unlike the Asaba attack on Saturday where supporters were caught unawares, the Lagos crowd fought back.
Some young men started throwing chairs at the attackers, forcing them to retreat. Moments later, NDC supporters in blue shirts and white fez caps chased the suspected thugs out of the hall and caught one at the car park.
“Deal with him,” a voice was heard shouting in the background as the young men surrounded the suspected thug, hitting him with sticks.
The angry mob later spilled into Kudirat Abiola Way, a major road in Ikeja, as policemen shot into the air to disperse the crowd.
As of the time of filing this report, neither Obi nor Kwankwaso had arrived at the venue.
The Lagos incident comes just five days after a similar attack on NDC supporters in Asaba, Delta State, where one person was killed and five others injured during a procession along Nnebisi Road.
That incident has already sparked a blame game between the camps of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and the Delta APC Campaign Council.
It was not immediately clear who sponsored the Lagos attackers or if any arrest was made.
