Nine persons on Thursday sustained various degrees of injury
following an invasion by a gang of armed hoodlums who invaded the
legislative chambers of the Ughelli South local government council
during a legislative session by the lawmakers.
The hoodlums, who were armed with guns, cutlasses, battle axes and other
dangerous weapons, freely used them on their victims including five
councillors, three staff of the council and the Clerk of the House who
was stabbed on the head.
It took the timely intervention of a team of military personnel who came
to the rescue of the lawmakers, apprehended 18 of the hoodlums and
handed them over to the police at the Ughelli Area Command for
prosecution.
Giving details of the incident, the Leader of the House, December
Saromare told Vanguard that the hoodlums also made away with the mace of
the House after smashing and destroying windows, furniture and other
items within the chambers.
Confirming the arrest of the hoodlums, a senior police officer at the
Ughelli Area Command who spoke on anonymity, told Vanguard that suspects
have confessed a top political office holder in the Ughelli South
executive and three lawmakers in the council as the brains behind their
attack on the lawmakers.
According to the police source, “a blue and white coloured 12-seater bus
with registration number JRT 455 XA and other dangerous weapons were
recovered from the hoodlums.”
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