Two journalists and several others sustained bullet wounds as suspected political thugs disrupted the governorship campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos on Tuesday.
According to NAN, hoodlums, said to be members of the National Union Road Transport Workers (NURTW), invaded the Skypower Ground Ikeja venue of the campaign with guns, daggers, and other dangerous weapons.
The violence broke out mid-way into the programme, cutting short the event as the hoodlums were said to have shot sporadically in different directions, engaging each other in a fight.
Members of the party scampered for safety to avoid being hit by bullets being fired indiscriminately by the hoodlums, while security operatives tried to control the situation.
Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos, his deputy, Idiat Adebule, Babajide Sanwoolu, the APC governorship candidate in the state, and other prominent members of the party were escorted out of the venue.
