The ongoing Kogi State Governorship Tribunal recorded bizzare drama on Monday as suspected thugs loyal to the All Progressives Congress, APC in Kogi State have abducted three witnesses who were at the Tribunal sitting in the National Judicial Institute in Abuja.
The witnesses, CAPITAL POST, learnt came at the instance of the Olayinka Braimoh, the Action Alliance Governorship Candidate of Kogi State.
The thugs pretended to be part of AA supporters who came to Court in solidarity, only to stir altercation and within a moment broke the windscreen of the bus that conveyed the witnesses before they abducted their victims and rushed them into a waiting vehicle.
The three abducted witnesses have been identified as Idris Khadijat, Safiyat Muhammed, and Abdulmalik Muhammed. Available information indicated that the abductees are currently being molested, with their family members similarly threatened, for daring to testify against Kogi State governor Ododo Ahmed. As at the time of filing this report, the whereabout of other witnesses are still unknown. Reports also suggest that vehicles which conveyed the witnesses to the court proceedings were vandalized by the same thugs.
Confirmation revealed that the attack was carried out due to the strength of AA candidate’s petition as evidences being presented are strong enough for the court to unseat Ododo Ahmed, the governor of the state.
Disturbingly, radio stations in the central senatorial district recently broadcasted a warning to the residents, cautioning them against serving as witnesses for any political party other than APC.
