A leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Mc Oluomo, was on Tuesday stabbed in the neck at the All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city.
Oluomo, was said to be beside Sego, another prominent member of the
union, when he was stabbed and has been rushed to the hospital for
treatment.
Eyes of Lagos learned that the incident occured after suspected political thugs
invaded the governorship campaign rally of the ruling party in the
state.
development left several people injured, including two journalists who
sustained bullet wounds, a report by the News Agency of Nigeria said.
NAN
reports that the hoodlums, said to be members of the National Union
Road Transport Workers (NURTW), invaded the Skypower Ground Ikeja venue
of the campaign with guns, daggers and other dangerous weapons.
The violence broke out mid-way into the programme, cutting short the
event as the hoodlums were said to have shot sporadically in different
directions, engaging each other in a fight.
was gathered that members of the party scampered for safety to avoid
being hit by bullets fired indiscriminately by the hoodlums, while
security operatives tried to control the situation.
Meanwhile,
the governor of Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode; Idiat Adebule, his
deputy; Babajide Sanwoolu, the APC governorship candidate in the state,
and other prominent members of the party were escorted out of the venue.
