VICIOUS ATTACK ON HON TERHEMEN TARZOOR DURING GRAND RECEPTION IN GUMA LGA

The PDP gubernatorial candidate Rt Hon Terhemen Tarzoor today attended a church service at St. Thomas Catholic Church, Makurdi after which he proceeded to another service at St. Michael's Parish, Agasha Guma LGA organized by Nongov Rescue Group. After the church service, he took time out to speak to the youths and people of the community. The crowd cheered as he spoke with confidence and an in depth knowledge of the Benue terrain.

It was while the crowd was enjoying the well versed Monetary Economist relay his position on issues affecting Benue and how well to tackle it that suspected APC yoots attacked and disrupted the assembly. They shot at the crowd and in the air to disperse supporters, others flung stones to the stage where Nongov sons were with the aspirant and his team, they maimed, assaulted innocent indigenes and injured several people.

The thugs were brutal, carrying guns, machetes, daggers and other lethal weapons, which they used on anyone they came close to without regard for their innocence. Women with babies on their backs runnung and screamjng for help didnt deter the attackers and a pregnant woman was stabbed during the turmoil. She was among the first to be rushed to the hospital along with others who sustained critical injuries.

The attack was vile representing exactly what the PDP candidate has always preached against and was doing at the very moment. Despite being shot at, stoned and attacked for no reason. Hon Tarzoor maintained his resolve to rid Benue politics of callousness and violence; he left his supporters with a strong word not to retaliate but to win more people over with peaceful conduct and work harder to ensure victory at the polls come April 11th.

Meanwhile this is the second of such attacks, Hon Terhemen Tarzoor has experienced in Guma LGA of Benue State, the hometown of supposed APC gubernatorial candidate Dr Samuel Ortom.

The attacks have all failed to dampen Hon Tarzoor's spirit nor has it shaken his commitment to organize campaigns in a manner that is peaceful and respectful to the good people of Benue.

As at the time of this report, only one of the hoodlums had been arrested by a civil defense officer pictured with a machete in hand.