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.
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.
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