‘Nigerians Are Sick, Tired Of APC’s Illegality,’ NDC’s Ife Salako Condemns Lagos Attack

The National Campaign Council Coordinator of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in Lagos State, Ife Salako, has condemned the disruption of his party’s town hall meeting in Lagos, accusing suspected thugs linked to the All Progressives Congress (APC) of carrying out the attack.

Salako, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, on Friday, said Nigerians were becoming increasingly frustrated with what he described as the ruling party’s disregard for the law.

“It is getting to a point where everybody in this nation is sick and tired of the illegality,” he said.

He alleged that some of the hoodlums who disrupted the meeting openly declared their support for President Bola Tinubu and claimed ownership of Lagos on his behalf.

“To put it on record, the hoodlums who came there yesterday, some of them were calling the names of the president, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying Lagos belongs to Tinubu. You cannot hold anything here,” Salako said.

He called on the APC leadership to engage its grassroots structures to address political thuggery, arguing that issuing public statements condemning attacks would not be enough.

“So if they want to really, really stop this menace, they go back to their local government chairman, they go back to their ward leaders, they go back to their local government leaders in their structure, and tell them to tell their children and their boys, you know, to desist from this irresponsible act of political thuggery,” he said.

Salako also recalled previous attacks on his party, alleging that its members were targeted during a political event in Alimosho on September 6, 2025, and that a similar incident occurred in February this year.

He further alleged that security operatives protected some of the attackers during the earlier incident.

“And at that time, they were even being protected by some security agencies. Same thugs from the APC,” he said.

The NDC chieftain appealed to the APC-led government to discourage the use of political violence against opposition parties, warning that Nigerians would no longer tolerate such intimidation.

“I am appealing to the APC government and the party to please talk to their boys. We’re getting to the point where Nigerians are not going to continue to allow them to have a few days of thuggery, and this is not the kind of country or state that we want to run,” he said.

Meanwhile, the APC Presidential Campaign Council has condemned attacks on political gatherings across the country, including the disruption of the NDC town hall meeting in Lagos.

The ruling party also called on security agencies to identify, arrest and prosecute those responsible for the attacks.