Senator Dadu’ut attacked by hoodlums protesting arrest of kidnapper

By Oyekan Zainab

Senator Nora Dadu’ut, representing Plateau South District, was Thursday caught in a riot by hoodlums protesting the arrest of a suspected kidnap kingpin.

The hoodlums set fire on her security vehicles and the bus conveying journalists. They also damaged her official vehicle.

Dadu’ut, also a professor was in Namu, Quan Pan Local Government Area, to inaugurate an ICT hub constructed as part of her Constituency Project.

The attack was totally unrelated to the senator’s visit.

The hoodlums also descended on passers-by and innocent people they encountered, inflicting injuries on many.

Reacting to the brigandage in Jos on Friday, Gov. Simon Lalong expressed outrage and ordered security agencies to apprehend culprits and restore order in the area.

His spokesman, Dr Makut Macham, stated that Lalong sympathised with the senator and members of the NUJ over the despicable act and directed security agencies to bring the culprits to justice.

The governor commended the quick response of security forces which restored sanity in the area and vowed that criminal elements would not be allowed room to operate in any part of the state, Macham also stated.

Lalong equally commended the Chairman of Quan Pan Local Government Council for the imposition of a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Namu town.

The curfew, he noted, would enable security agencies to properly take charge of the situation to avoid further escalation and exploitation by crises merchants, the governor’s spokesman added