Natasha Akpoti–Uduaghan Campaign Organization has accused thugs allegedly loyal to the All Progressives Congress of attacking its supporters during a ward meeting in the Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi on December 15, 2022. Akpoti-Uduaghan is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Kogi Central Senatorial District. A statement issued by the campaign organization said the assailants shot at some of the supporters of Akpoti-Uduaghan.
The House of Representatives has asked the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Baba Alkali, to investigate the attack on the campaign train of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Kogi Central Senatorial District, Mrs. Natasha Akpoti–Uduaghan. The lower chamber urged the police chief to prosecute those directly and remotely responsible for the attack.
Hoodlums said to be loyal to the Kogi State government have destroyed the campaign billboards of Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, Kogi Central Senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in some local government areas. The Yahaya Bello-led government had asked the PDP and others to pay millions of naira before their candidates could be allowed to paste posters or distribute flyers. In a letter dated October 24 and addressed to the PDP chairman in the state, the government demanded the payment of the fund within 14 days.
The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has again threatened to use firepower on members of the opposition political parties in the state ahead of the 2023 general elections. Speaking on Tuesday in Ajaokuta after inaugurating a vigilante group, Bello said he was standing on the initial threat he made to deal with anyone saying bad things about his administration in the state.