PHOTOS: Hoodlums set ablaze Dino Melaye’s constituency projects on inauguration day
NEWS DIGEST – Constituency projects meant for commissioning on Wednesday (today) by the Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, were set ablaze by persons suspected to be arsonists. Punch Reports
The projects include Government Girls Secondary School, Sarkin-Noma, in Lokoja; and LGEA Primary School, Lokogoma, also in Lokoja, Kogi State capital.
While the project at Sarkin-Noma was burnt, that of LGEA had its louvers broken.
Both projects were part of the projects located across the seven local governments in the state and had been slated for inauguration on Wednesday (today).
Senator Dino Melaye was said to be on his way to the inauguration when the news was broken to him and he was said to have been disappointed.
He was also quoted to have vowed to still go ahead with the inauguration.
The suspected hoodlums set fire on the block of classroom, totally razing one classroom to the ground.
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One of the students who spoke with Punch Newspaper , Marian Suleman, an SS3 student, said that students got to school on Wednesday morning to discover that the newly built block has been set on fire overnight.
“We have been waiting for the inauguration scheduled for today (Wednesday), only to discover this,” Sulemam said.
Recall that suspected thugs had, on Tuesday, warned Melaye against visiting Kogi State, warning that he was not welcome for any reason.
The thugs, in an unsigned statement on Tuesday, had said that since Dino had no respect for “our elders, you deserve no respect.”
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