Kogiflame
Kogi State Commissioner of Police, CP Bethrand Unuoha has ordered a thorough and diligent investigation into the attacked Mr David Umar Mike Secretary to Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal by hoodlums.
This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Command Public Relations Officer SP William Ayah.
According to the statement, on the 4th of this month, at about 1820hrs one Mr David Umar Mike male Secretary to Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal along with Labode Apreala female 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.
According to him, just before the CBN at about 1320hrs one SUV vehicle which had earlier overtaken them blocked his car with two other SUVS following behind.
“All of them surrounded and blocked him as he attempted to reverse. That he saw about seven hooded men all heavily armed and dressed in black attire who shot severally into the air and dragged him and his two other colleagues out of their car, ransacked the car and made away with all the the documents including Petitions filed by four (4) Parties namely Action Alliance (AA), Action People’s Party (APP), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and Social Democratic Party (SDP)/two (2) Record Books/a Bag containing his personal items. He claimed to have also reported to the DSS Office.
Hence the Commissioner ordered a thorough and diligent investigation into the incident, the Command added that “The attention of the Kogi State Police Command has been drawn to series of distorted information on the incident hence the need to set the records straight. The general public is advised to avoid statements that may prejudice ongoing investigation into the matter”.
The Command therefore appeal to anyone with useful information on the alleged incident to provide same to the Command. The public will be updated as investigation progresses.
Meanwhile, The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has relocated the sitting of the Kogi State Off -cycle Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal from Lokoja to Abuja.
Mr David Umar Mike, the Secretary of the tribunal, announced the relocation in a statement on Wednesday.
He said the tribunal will now hold its sitting at the National Judicial Institute on Umar Yar’Adua Way, Abuja.
The statement urged litigants to take note of the venue change.
Mike, was however, silent on the reason behind the relocation, but a top source at the tribunal said the step was necessitated by “security reasons.”
