… Hold Lagos govt responsible
Mandy Park
Labour party spokesperson, Comrade Yunusa Tanko said thugs believed to be from the All Progressives Congress, (APC) launched brutal attacks on Labour Party supporters in Lagos today, Saturday 11th February.
Tanko said their aim was to stop the Obidients, the supporters of Obi/Datt candidacy from attending the campaign rally holding at Tafawa Balewa Square, (TBS) in Lagos.
Tanko, who is the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, (LPPCC) Chief Spokesperson in a terse message sent on his WhatsApp said many people had been injured with windscreen of several vehicles shattered by the hoodlums.
According to him, “it’s highly regrettable that Lagos which assumes the most sophisticated city in Africa could witness this type of barbarism in twenty-first century.”
Tanko called on the security agencies and the international community to hold the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the ruling APC government responsible for mayhem that has been unleashed on Obidients.
The LPPCC Chief Spokesperson further expressed disappointment on the inability of the security agencies to checkmate the excesses of thugs in Lagos despite the fact that the signs of their threats started early when Labour Party flag boys were attacked by the hoodlums last year.
Tanko noted that, ” the failure of the police to arrest and prosecute the suspects who attacked the LP flag boys then emboldened the thugs for what is happening today in Lagos”.
