{"id":158972,"date":"2025-04-09T12:07:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T11:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/lp-demands-investigation-into-secretariat-attack-alleges-insider-involvement"},"modified":"2025-04-15T12:24:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T11:24:17","slug":"lp-demands-investigation-into-secretariat-attack-alleges-insider-involvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/lp-demands-investigation-into-secretariat-attack-alleges-insider-involvement","title":{"rendered":"LP demands investigation into secretariat attack, alleges insider involvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has called on President Bola Tinubu, the Nigeria Police, and the Department of State Services (DSS) to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the recent attack on its state secretariat.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, the Lagos LP Chairperson, Mrs. Dayo Ekong, described the attack, which occurred on Monday while party leaders were in Abuja for the National Executive Council meeting, as a \u201cheinous crime against the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge President Bola Tinubu, Inspector-General Kayode Egbetokun, and the State Security Director to urgently intervene in this matter,\u201d Ekong said.<\/p>\n<p>She alleged the attack was orchestrated by one Mr. Rasheed Bamishe, who, alongside armed thugs, illegally stormed the secretariat at 59 Oduduwa Way, GRA Ikeja.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ekong, the assailants used dangerous weapons, charms, and fetish objects to vandalize offices, destroy property, and steal valuables worth hundreds of millions of naira, including local and foreign currencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey physically assaulted and seriously injured loyal staff present at the secretariat during the attack,\u201d she revealed, confirming that five injured staff members were receiving medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Ekong further alleged that the operation was backed by some influential members within the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese individuals will be exposed in due time. We see no justification for this wicked and ill-intentioned assault on the party,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the attack as \u201ccriminal vandalism and armed robbery disguised as politics,\u201d she warned that such actions would not be tolerated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Labour Party in Lagos will pursue lawful means to ensure these perpetrators and their backers face justice, no matter how highly placed,\u201d Ekong vowed.<\/p>\n<p>Echoing her remarks, the State Secretary, Mr. Sam Okpala, emphasized that the culprits must be punished to deter future incidents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has called on President Bola Tinubu, the Nigeria Police, and the Department of State Services (DSS) to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the recent attack on its state secretariat. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, the Lagos LP Chairperson, Mrs. Dayo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":158971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[3634,5506,254],"class_list":["post-158972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-labour-party","tag-lp","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LP demands investigation into secretariat attack, alleges insider involvement - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has called on President Bola Tinubu, the Nigeria Police, and the Depart ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/lp-demands-investigation-into-secretariat-attack-alleges-insider-involvement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LP demands investigation into secretariat attack, alleges insider involvement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has called on President Bola Tinubu, the Nigeria Police, and the Depart ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/lp-demands-investigation-into-secretariat-attack-alleges-insider-involvement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-09T11:07:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-15T11:24:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1744188364.967454.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/lp-demands-investigation-into-secretariat-attack-alleges-insider-involvement#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/lp-demands-investigation-into-secretariat-attack-alleges-insider-involvement\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"LP demands investigation into secretariat attack, alleges insider involvement\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-09T11:07:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-15T11:24:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/lp-demands-investigation-into-secretariat-attack-alleges-insider-involvement\"},\"wordCount\":307,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/lp-demands-investigation-into-secretariat-attack-alleges-insider-involvement#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1744188364.967454.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Labour Party\",\"LP\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/lp-demands-investigation-into-secretariat-attack-alleges-insider-involvement#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/lp-demands-investigation-into-secretariat-attack-alleges-insider-involvement\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/lp-demands-investigation-into-secretariat-attack-alleges-insider-involvement\",\"name\":\"LP demands investigation into secretariat attack, alleges insider involvement - 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