The Nigeria Police Force, Kogi State Command has ordered a thorough investigation into the attack on the residence of the State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Hale Gabriel Longpet, in Lokoja, Kogi State capital. This was made known in a statement signed by the Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, William Aya, and made available to journalists in Lokoja on Friday.
The gunmen who on Friday morning attacked the residence of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lokoja, Kogi State, Hale Gabriel Longpet, burnt their operational vehicle to hide the identity of their political party, SaharaReporters has gathered. SaharaReporters earlier reported that gunmen on Friday morning attacked Longpet’s residence where they engaged the security personnel in a gun battle for over 30 minutes until reinforcements arrived and burnt several vehicles.
The All Progressive Congress and the Social Democratic party have been trading blame over gunmen's attack on the residence of the state Residence Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Gabriel Longpet in the early hours of Friday.
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Gunmen on Friday morning attacked the residence of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lokoja, Kogi State, Hale Gabriel Longpet, burning several vehicles. According to a release from the Independent National Electoral Commission, the armed men engaged the security personnel in a gun battle for over 30 minutes until reinforcements arrived. SaharaReporters learnt that the REC's residence was attacked by the gunmen, amid threat to his life not to release election material for the governorship tribunal purposes.