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The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has questioned the alleged involvement of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in an attack on NDC supporters on Thursday, claiming that a local APC chairman personally returned phones stolen during the violence.
Speaking on Breakfast Central on Friday, the Lagos State Publicity Secretary of the NDC, Olushile Akinyemi, said NDC supporters travelling from Ojo were attacked along Opebi Road, where suspected thugs vandalised party-branded vehicles and stole mobile phones. He said some supporters were forced to remove NDC branding from their vehicles for fear of further attacks.
“They attacked them, damaged their vehicles, and stole their phones,” Akinyemi said, adding that the stolen devices were subsequently recovered through an APC local government party chairman.
According to him, the chairman arrived at the venue in an APC-branded Sienna vehicle, enquired about the attack and promised to investigate.
“It wasn’t up to like an hour,” Akinyemi said, explaining that the chairman later contacted NDC officials and handed over the recovered phones.
Questioning how the APC official obtained the stolen devices, Akinyemi asked, “How did you link these men that attacked us? What’s the connection?”
He suggested that the circumstances surrounding the recovery warranted further scrutiny, although he did not provide evidence directly linking the chairman to the attackers.
Akinyemi also disclosed that an NDC senatorial candidate identified as Adiola suffered a broken leg during the chaos. According to Akinyemi, the injury occurred when party supporters retreated into the meeting hall to escape the attackers, who allegedly pursued them inside. He explained that an iron bar appeared to have fallen during the commotion and struck the candidate’s leg.
The allegations have added to questions surrounding the violence at the opposition party’s Lagos gathering, particularly the identity of the attackers and how the stolen phones came into the possession of an APC official.
