Gunmen attack Tribunal staff, cart away petitions documents filed by 5 political parties 

It was gathered that the assailants successfully seized sensitive petition documents related to the recently concluded gubernatorial election in the state.

SP William Aya, the spokesperson of the state police command, disclosed in a statement that the attackers forcibly took away all the petition documents that had been filed by five political parties at gunpoint.

The affected petitions political were those submitted by Action Alliance (AA), Action People’s Party (APP), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), and Social Democratic Party (SDP).

Additionally, two Record Books and a bag containing personal items belonging to Mr. David Umar Mike were reportedly taken.

The police have launched investigations into the attack with a view to get to the root of the matter.

The police statement read: “On Monday, 04/12/2023 at about 1820hrs, one Mr David Umar Mike ‘m’ secretary to Kogi state governorship election petition tribunal along with Labode Apreala (f), confidential secretary and Hassimu Adamu assistant secretary, came to state criminal investigation department, Kogi state police headquarters and reported that on the said date, three of them left their hotel rooms in Lokoja about 1300hrs, heading to their office at the high court complex driving in his (David’s) Peugeot 406 car.