APC marketing campaign council condemns assault on NDC supporters by thugs in Lagos

Politics

By Linda Ikeji
12 November 2026, 10:08 pm

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential marketing campaign council has condemned Thursday’s assault on supporters of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) at a city corridor assembly in Lagos and referred to as on safety businesses to arrest and prosecute these accountable.

The assault occurred at about 11 a.m. on the Classique Event Centre in Oregun, the place supporters of NDC presidential candidate Peter Obi and his operating mate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, had gathered. Assailants armed with cutlasses, golf equipment and stones stormed the venue, forcing individuals to flee. In a press release on Thursday, November 12, APC presidential marketing campaign council spokesperson Dele Alake condemned the Lagos incident and different reported assaults on political gatherings throughout the nation.

“We have observed the recent spate of violent attacks at political gatherings in parts of the country. The reported attacks in Edo, Cross River, and Gombe, and other violence targeted at party supporters and political leaders across party lines are condemnable,” the assertion learn. “Our campaign strongly condemns the disruption of today’s scheduled town hall meeting of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in Lagos.”

Alake urged political events, candidates and their supporters to train restraint as campaigning for the 2027 elections gathers tempo. He referred to as on candidates to concentrate on points that have an effect on Nigerians’ lives and urged safety businesses to do extra to forestall political violence.

“We call on the security agencies to be more responsive and alert in preventing political violence of any type and ensure instigators and perpetrators are apprehended and punished in accordance with the law,” he stated.

TheCable reported that its multimedia journalist, Samuel Adebanjo, was allegedly overwhelmed throughout the assault and that the assailants took his digicam, gimbal and microphone. Police officers arrived about an hour after the violence started and fired tear gasoline to revive order.