Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has alleged that thugs loyal to the Nigeria Democratic Congress, (NDC), looted shops and destroyed campaign billboards in his community in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State.
Keyamo made the allegation in a post shared on his X handle
on Sunday, saying the incident happened on Friday, September 18, 2026.
He said he wanted the world to see what the NDC’s thugs went
to his community in Effurun, Uvwie LGA of Delta State, to do.
According to the minister, the attackers wrecked havoc on
billboards pasted everywhere by Tompolo’s door-to-door Campaign Organisation,
entered people’s shops with dangerous weapons and looted the shop.
Keyamo also criticised what he described as unequal
reactions to political violence.
He argued that the response would have been different if the
victims were members of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
“If it had been the other way round against the APC, the
section of the bias Press and so-called human rights groups would have been
screaming to high heavens, but since this happened, everywhere is mute,” he
said.
The minister compared the incident to the recent blockade of
Labour Party’s Peter Obi’s entourage in Benue State.
According to him, he had condemned that incident but
believed what happened in Delta was worse.
“This is the exact point I made when I openly condemned the
blockade of Peter Obi’s entourage from entering Benue State. But what happened
in Benue is nothing compared to this,” he said.
Keyamo further alleged that some law enforcement officers
accompanied the attackers.
“The video is clear and the evidence is overwhelming. We
have more evidence. The thugs were even accompanied by law-enforcement agents
in their payroll.”
He said he had advised his supporters against taking the law
into their own hands and announced plans to submit a petition to the
Inspector-General of Police this week.
“I have warned everyone not to resort to self-help,” he
said.
He added that he would ask the police to investigate the
incident and bring all those found wanting to book.
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