Etso Lokoja, HRH Emmanuel Akamisoko Dawoud-Chileka, Nyamkpa IV on Monday narrated how he jumped the fence to avoid wasting his life when some suspected criminals attacked his palace and burnt his automobile and belongings contained in the constructing.
The palace positioned at Plot 306, New Layote, Lokoja, was attacked by bandits at about 1:00am on Saturday, whereas the king narrowly escaped by climbing the fence.
Metro punch They gathered that the Nupe indigenes of the Lokoja Improvement Union had been planning to host the second version of their year-end occasion, tagged: “Lokoja ’24 Nupe Tradition Fiesta,” on Saturday, earlier than the incident occurred.
Nonetheless, the occasion was canceled because of the unlucky assault round 1:00 am, when many Nupe indigenes from neighboring international locations began arriving on the eve of the occasion.
Narrating his ordeal to our correspondent who visited the scene on Monday, Etso Lokoja mentioned: “It was about one within the morning after I heard a giant bang at my door and I obtained as much as verify the window, questioning what might have occurred. It occurred.
“Then I out of the blue noticed an enormous hearth popping out of my automobile because the attackers set it on hearth.
“I knew it was an assault on the palace, and I couldn’t get out due to the concern of being attacked. So, I managed to exit by the again door and climb over the fence to avoid wasting my life.
“Then, I obtained out onto the highway and realized that each one my neighbors locally had been on the bottom making an attempt arduous to place out the hearth. Sadly, the automobile was burned together with different property inside.”
He defined that members of the occasion’s planning committee met till round 11:30 pm on Friday earlier than they left for his or her varied properties, expressing their remorse over the cancellation of the cultural pageant because of the ugly incident.
Dawud Chileka appealed to the federal government and safety companies to research the reason for the assault and produce the perpetrators and their sponsors to justice.
He, nonetheless, appealed to the Nupe indigenes of Lokoja to keep away from any type of retaliation and proceed to take care of peace, abide by the legislation and permit authorities and safety companies to completely examine the assault.
“We enchantment to His Excellency, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Odudu, and the safety companies to make use of their good places of work to research this unlucky incident and produce everybody involved to justice, whether or not instantly or not directly.
“We additionally need the federal government to kindly go to our instances by figuring out and cataloging the Etsu Lokoja chair that existed earlier than colonialism.
“By formally recognizing and classifying Etsu Lokoja seat, we all know that every thing will likely be buried as a result of that’s the energy of presidency.”
When our correspondent visited the palace on Monday, a police officer on the bottom refused to remark as a result of he claimed he was not approved to talk on the matter.
Efforts to steer the state police command to talk failed as their Public Relations Officer, SP William Aya, didn’t reply repeated calls on his cell quantity. He additionally didn’t reply to the textual content message despatched to him.
Efforts to steer the safety advisor to the state governor to speak about this improvement failed as he didn’t obtain repeated calls on his cell quantity. He didn’t reply to the textual content message despatched to him on the time of filling out this report.
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