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Idris Abdulrahman: Identity of gov. Bello’s appointee who ordered flogging of anti-Buhari protesters in Kogi revealed

The identity of the man who ordered the flogging and assault of two anti-Buhari Protesters in Lokoja, Kogi State has been identified as Idris Abdulrahman, SaharaReporters reports.

It was gathered that Abdulrahman is the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello on Youth and Women Mobilisation for Lokoja/Kogi (Kotonkarfe).

There are claims that Bello’s appointee ordered that the torture of the two anti-President Muhammadu Buhari – Larry Emmanuel and Victor Udoka.

“The man who ordered that the two protesters should be tortured is known as Hon Idris Abdulrahman, aka Gentle, but there is nothing gentle about him. He is one of Governor Yahaya Bello’s lackeys; if the governor says jump, he will ask ‘how high,” a source close to the government told SaharaReporters.

The youths attacks the protesters who were pasting Buhari-Must-Go posters in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.

Recall that a Magistrate Court in Kogi State reportedly jailed two men, Anene Victor, and Emmanuel Larry for protesting against President Muhammadu Buhari.

Report has it that the Kogi State Government arraigned the two protesters after they were arrested and flogged by youths for their demonstration.

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