How I Escaped Hoodlums Who Stormed My Palace At 1am–Monarch

A Monarch has narrated scaring details how he escaped hoodlums who stormed his palace, in the dead of the night on Saturday.

The monarch, Etsu Lokoja, HRH Emmanuel Akamisoko Dauda-Shelika, Nyamkpa IV did not envisage what he experienced on that day, but had to device a means of escape from the no-nonsense invaders.

Incidentally, the attack happened when his people, the Nupe natives of Lokoja Development Union, were planning to host the second edition of their end-of-the-year event, with the theme: Lokoja ‘24 Nupe Cultural Fiesta,

Many dignitaries were already arriving, he said, but unfortunately, the event could not continue because of the attack.

The royal father narrated how he escaped hoodlums, he said he had to scale a fence of the palace located on New Layout, Lokoja, to save his life.

“It was around 1 am at night that I heard a big bang on my door and I woke up to check through the window, wondering what could have happened”, he told a Punch correspondent while narrating the narrow escape

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“Then, I suddenly saw wildfire coming out of my car as it had been set ablaze by attackers.

“I knew it was an attack on the palace, and could not come out because of fear of being attacked. So, I managed to come out through the back door and scaled the fence to save my life.

“Thereafter, I came out to the road and realised that all my neighbours in the community were on the ground trying hard to quench the fire. Unfortunately, the car was burnt as well as other property inside it.”

He bemoaned the fact that the cultural fiesta had to be aborted as a consequence.

“We are appealing to His Excellency, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, and security agencies to please use their good offices to investigate this unfortunate incident, and bring to justice whoever is concerned whether directly or indirectly.

“We also want government to kindly visit our issues by recognising and grading the stool of Etsu Lokoja which had been in existence before colonisation.

“By officially recognising and grading Etsu Lokoja stool, we know everything will be laid to rest because that is the power of the government.”