The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has condemned the attack on his supporter in Nasarawa State.
VANTAGE NEWS reports that the victim, Joshua Alamu was said to have been attacked on Saturday by some hoodlums suspected to be from the opposition camp.
The victim was reportedly attacked while sensitizing people ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Jamilu Sufi, a supporter of Obi had taken to Twitter to post a photo of the seriously injured Joshua while receiving treatment.
Reacting, Obi tweeted, “Once again, I wish to stress that Nigerian civic and political space must remain open for the Nigerian people to exercise their Constitutional rights of freedom of assembly. Physical attacks on individuals exercising such rights are utterly unacceptable.”
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