The House of Representatives, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), and the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC) have condemned the rising wave of political violence across Nigeria following an attack on NDC supporters during a town hall meeting in Lagos on Thursday, November 12, 2026.
​At approximately 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, suspected political thugs armed with cutlasses, cudgels, and stones stormed Classique Event Place, located along Kudirat Abiola Way in Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos State.
The event was a scheduled town hall meeting organised ahead of the 2027 general elections in support of the NDC presidential candidate, Peter Obi, his running mate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and the party’s Lagos State governorship candidate, Funsho Doherty.
​Eyewitnesses reported that the assailants approached from Kudirat Abiola Road and attempted to force their way into the main hall, resulting in physical injuries to attendees, vandalised vehicles, and the seizure of journalists’ equipment before NDC supporters resisted the intrusion and security operatives intervened. Obi arrived at the venue less than two hours after the incident as proceedings resumed.
​During plenary in Abuja on Thursday, the House of Representatives strongly condemned the Lagos incident alongside similar attacks on political rallies and processions in other parts of the country. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by the House Minority Leader, Rep. Fred Agbedi, and 16 other lawmakers.
​To address the trend ahead of the 2027 polls, the lower chamber constituted a special committee, comprising the House Leader, the Minority Leader, and the chairmen and deputy chairmen of the House Committees on Police Affairs and National Security and Intelligence, to investigate the incidents.
​In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, the spokesperson for the NDC National Campaign Council, Dr. Chiogo Constance Ikokwu, condemned the assault as a direct affront to democratic principles and an attempt to intimidate voters ahead of the 2027 elections.
​”No political party or group has a monopoly on Nigeria, and no one has the right to use violence, intimidation or thuggery to silence opposing voices,” Ikokwu stated, calling on security agencies to immediately arrest and prosecute the perpetrators and their sponsors.
​The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC) also distanced itself from the violence and called for swift law enforcement action. In a statement signed on Thursday by its spokesperson, Dele Alake, the campaign council described the disruption of the NDC town hall in Lagos, as well as reported political attacks in Edo, Cross River, and Gombe states, as unacceptable.
​”Political parties and candidates are enjoined to campaign on issues that uplift the lives of Nigerians and not to instigate violence at political events,” Alake said, urging security agencies to apprehend and punish anyone instigating disorder.
​Separately, the Publicity Secretary of the Lagos State chapter of the APC, Mogaji Seye Oladejo, refuted allegations linking the ruling party to the Oregun attack.
Oladejo noted that the incident coincided with the official flag-off of the Lagos APC’s 2027 campaign in Epe, where the sitting governor, candidates, and party leaders were gathered, and urged the NDC to look inward rather than blame the APC without evidence.
