The Edo police command says it gave chase to hoodlums who disrupted a political rally of the African Democratic Congress at its secretariat and later attacked the residence of John Odigie-Oyegun in Benin City.

Spokesperson for the command, Eno Ikoedem, in a statement on Tuesday, said, “Police patrol teams swiftly responded to the distress call, but the hoodlums fled upon sighting operatives. Plastic chairs and canopies that were arranged and kept on the road outside the premises of the secretariat for the event were vandalised and damaged.

According to Mrs Ikoedem, the command reinforced security at the secretariat to forestall any further breakdown of law and order.

The statement added, “In a related development, at about 1548hrs, the command received a distress report alleging that gunshots were heard at the residence of the ADC state chairman and former executive governor of Edo state, Chief John Odigie Oyegun.

“Upon arrival at the residence, police operatives observed signs of malicious damage. Items reportedly destroyed included two rear windscreens and body parts of vehicles parked outside the residence. No casualty was recorded at the residence.”