Some armed and masked security men who appeared in police uniforms on Friday allegedly attacked the Governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde in a Lokoja Hotel, Kogi State.

This was contained in a statement signed and released by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Taiwo Adisa.

The statement reads:

“Information reaching us from Lokoja, the Kogi State capital confirmed that some armed and masked security men who appeared in police uniforms have attacked the Governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde in Lokoja, Kogi state capital.

“Makinde is the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Kogi State Campaign Council. He is in Kogi in his capacity as the Chairman of that Council.