The police in Kogi State on Friday said that they invaded the hotel lodge by Governor Seyi Makindr and others PDP members after receiving tip-off of miscreants.
The Commissioner of Police for Kogi State, Hakeem Busari, in a chat with Premium Times also confirmed that the entry by the security operatives was an error.
On Friday afternoon, InsideOyo reported bow the governor’s hotel was invaded by armed masked operatives ahead of the Saturday’s gubernatorial election.
The masked security operatives arrived the Suitorial Hotels, Lokoja, located along Stadium Road, where the governor and some members of the PDP Campaign Council were lodged at about 12.50 pm, shooting sporadically and attempting to break into the hotel rooms.
Some of the operatives were said to have scaled the fence of the hotel and attempted to enter the rooms.
A scuffle, however, ensued when security aides of the governor resisted the moves of the invading security officers.
