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V!EW BEFORE THEY GOT DELETED| Baltazar FROM Equatorial Guinea TRENDS AGAIN AS OVER 50 OF HIS FRESH BEDR00M V!DEOS SVRFACES ONLINE.The Etsu Lokoja, Emmanuel Akamisoko Dauda-Shelika, Nyamkpa IV, has narrated how he scaled through the fence when hoodlums invaded his palace on Saturday, Dec. 21. ...READ THE FULL STORY FROM SOURCE ...READ THE FULL STORY FROM SOURCE
The palace, located on plot 306, New Layout, Lokoja, was attacked by hoodlums at about 1:00 am on Saturday.
Though the monarch escaped, the hoodlums burnt his vehicles and other properties within the palace premises.
The community was planning to host the 2nd Edition of Nupe Natives end of the year event, tagged: “Lokoja ‘24 Nupe Cultural Fiesta”, on Dec. 21, 2024, before the incident occurred.
The event was aborted due to the unfortunate attack at early hour on Saturday around 1:00am, when many Nupe natives from neighboring States had started arriving on the eve of the event.
Narrating his ordeal to reporters who visited the scene yesterday, Dec. 23, the Etsu Lokoja, HRH Emmanuel Akamisoko Dauda-Shelika, Nyamkpa IV, said: “It was around 1 am at night that I had a big bang on my door and I woke up to check through the window, wondering what could have happened.
“Then, I suddenly saw wild fire coming out of my car as it had been set ablazed by attackers.
“I knew it was an attack on the palace, and therefore I could not come out because of fear of being attacked. So, I managed to come out through the back door and scaled the fence to escape for my life.
“Thereafter, I came out to the road and realized that all my neighbors in the community were on ground trying hard to quench the fire, but unfortunately the car was burnt as well as other properties inside it”.
He explained that members of the planning committee for the event, had a meeting till around 11:30 pm on Friday, Dec. 20, before departing to their various homes. He lamented that it was unfortunate that cultural fiesta was aborted due to the ugly incident.
Dauda-Shelika appealed to government and security agencies to investigate the cause of the attack and bring perpetrators and their sponsors to justice.
He also appealed to the Nupe natives in Lokoja, to avoid any form of reprisal but continue to remain peaceful, law abiding and allow government and security agencies to conduct thorough investigation on the attack.
“We are appealing to His Excellency, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, and security agencies to please use their good offices to investigate this unfortunate incident, and bring to justice whoever is concerned whether directly or indirectly.
“We also want the government to kindly visit our issues by recognizing and grading the stool of Etsu Lokoja which had been in existence before colonisation.
“By officially recognising and grading Etsu Lokoja stool, we know everything will be laid to rest because that is the power of the government.
“If the government remains silent and looks away, it leaves the door open for this kind of thing to happen. And as a people, we will not want to see such things continue.V!EW BEFORE THEY GOT DELETED| Baltazar FROM Equatorial Guinea TRENDS AGAIN AS OVER 50 OF HIS FRESH BEDR00M V!DEOS SVRFACES ONLINE.
“I urge my people to remain as peaceful and law-abiding as we have always been because this incident has drawn the attention of government to our issue,” Dauda-Sheika added...Tap To Read The Full Story Here.
