CITIZENS COMPASS –Street urchins popularly known as Area Boys on Saturday, attacked the former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, at the Lagos City Marathon.
Reports said the convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, and his team suffered various degrees of injuries during the attack.
The cause of the attack could not be ascertained.
It was gathered that the attack occurred while the victims were participating in the marathon alongside others.
The thugs were said to have also attacked journalists covering the Lagos City Marathon and destroyed their cameras and other gadgets.
A video from the scene captured the thugs attacking the victims.
Confirming the attack, Sowore in a post on his official Facebook page said he is safe and unharmed.
According to him, the management of the facility accused them of unlawfully occupying the “VVIP space post-event”.
He wrote, “I am safe and unharmed in Lagos. Yes, some rogue elements launched an attack on us after completing the Lagos Marathon today, claiming that we unlawfully occupied the “VVIP” space post-event. They mobilized thugs to assault us”.
