Armed men attack political meeting in Lagos
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Tribune Online
Armed men attacked a Nigeria Democratic Congress meeting on Thursday in Oregun, Lagos, targeting supporters of Peter Obi and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. The assault caused participants to flee and disrupted traffic, reports Tribune Online.
Armed men with machetes, cudgels and stones disrupted a public meeting of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), a party contesting Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election, on Thursday 12 November in the Oregun district of Lagos. The attack, which occurred at around 11am, caused participants to flee and disrupted traffic on Kudirat Abiola Way, reports Nigerian Tribune.
The attackers tried to enter the main hall before being repelled by NDC supporters, after which a confrontation broke out. Witnesses heard some of the men asking their superiors for permission to storm the venue with firearms, according to a Nigerian Tribune correspondent who was nearby.
The meeting brought together supporters of Peter Obi, the NDC’s candidate for the 2027 presidential election, and his running mate Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano. Peter Obi received 582,454 votes in Lagos in the 2023 presidential election, when he stood under the Labour Party banner, according to Nigerian Tribune.
The NDC had already prepared its zonal campaigns on 21 August and entrusted its 2027 campaign to Henry Dickson and Peter Obi on 25 October. The NDC’s zonal campaigns were announced on 21 August, before Peter Obi was appointed to lead the NDC campaign on 25 October.
