Hours after panic broke out on Thursday in Lagos after thugs attacked supporters of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) during a town hall meeting in the Oregun area of the state, the supporters have turned the tables.
According to videos posted on X, NDC supporters were seen chanting and celebrating after apprehending suspected thug who attacked them, as they make their way back to the Town Hall Meeting venue in Ikeja, Lagos State.
In the new video circulating on X, the mood is no longer fear. It is celebration.
Supporters, many of them young men and women who had earlier scampered for safety, are seen chanting, singing, and marching back towards the venue, with a suspected thug in their custody. They are no longer running away from the attack. They are walking back towards it — together, loudly, and defiantly.
It is a remarkable turnaround from the initial story that broke on Thursday morning.
According to Daily Post’s initial report, panic broke out on Thursday in Lagos after thugs attacked supporters of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, during a town hall meeting in the Oregun area of the state.
Watch the video here.
The hoodlums, who were armed with cutlasses and stones, stormed the venue of the event while the meeting was still going on.
The attackers were said to have invaded the hall, disrupted proceedings and sent participants scampering for safety.
Many of the supporters ran in different directions to escape the attack, while chairs and other items at the venue were scattered in the confusion that followed.
At the time of filing that initial report, it was not clear if anyone was injured in the attack, or if any arrest had been made by the police.
VIDEO: Moment thugs attacked NDC supporters during town hall meeting in Lagos pic.twitter.com/oWdJ4QRHRn
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The incident has sparked fresh debate on X about political violence in Lagos ahead of the January 16, 2027 general elections. Supporters of the NDC say the attack was an attempt to intimidate them and stop the town hall meeting from holding. They argue that the fact that supporters were able to regroup, pursue the attackers, and return to the venue shows that intimidation will not work.
Critics of political thuggery, across party lines, have also condemned the initial attack, saying that no party — whether NDC, APC, PDP, or ADC — should face cutlasses for holding a town hall meeting in a democracy.
As of the time of filing this update, it remains unclear whether the apprehended suspect has been handed over to the police, or whether the police have made any official arrests in connection with the attack. The Lagos State Police Command has yet to issue a statement on the incident.
What is clear, however, is that the NDC town hall meeting in Ikeja, which was disrupted in the morning, has become a symbol of defiance by the afternoon.
