Armed protesters on Wednesday attacked the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.
According to reports, the protesters who were said to have been armed with dangerous weapons, destroyed the administrative block and carted away computers and files reportedly relating to Covid-19.
According to a source at the hospital, the protesters numbering about 50 also carried placards with various inscriptions.
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According to reports, the protest may not be unconnected to the management of the coronavirus disease in the state.
The placards, according to sources, read, ‘The state government is not doing anything about the excesses of FMC, Lokoja’; ‘Please help us PMB’; There is isolation centre in FMC, Lokoja with equipment, why are they unutilised?’; ‘Other FMC across the federation are handling the pandemic, GYB/PMB, come to our rescue’.
Reports further has it that the intervention of men of the state Police Command, however, prevented the situation from escalation.
The management of the hospital and the spokesman of the Kogi State Police Command are however yet to make any comment on the incident.
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