The representative of Gombe South Senatorial District, Joshua Lidani, was on Monday pelted with stones in Talasse town, headquarters of Balanga Local Government Area of Gombe State.
The senator was in the town to inspect some classroom projects when hundreds of youth stormed the palace of the Bala Waja, Alhaji Danjuma Mohammed, where he had gone to pay homage.
They held Lidani hostage.
A resident of the town who crave for anonymity told Newsmen in Gombe that the Senator had visited the town to supervise the level of a building project he awarded at the Community College of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Talasse when the angry youth attacked him.
The eyewitness said: “The youth stormed the palace when they learnt that Senator Lidani was in town demanding an explanation on what he was doing for them for the past seven years that he has been at the Senate representing the area.
“They threw stones at his motorcade and later laid siege at the Bala Waja’s palace waiting for him to come out and explain to them.”
According to the witness, since his election in 2015, Lidani has not visited the town nor brought any constituency project to them, with the exception of the three blocks of classrooms that he built at the College.
Soldiers had to be drafted to take away the senator from the palace.
His vehicle was abandoned in the palace as he was taken to safety.
The Gombe State Commissioner of Police, Tairu Shina Olukolu, confirmed the incident.
Olukolu said: “Senator Joshua Lidani was at the Bala Waja’s palace to felicitate with the Royal Father when some youths who alleged that they are unsatisfied with his representation barricaded the palace and denied him exit, demanding an explanation from him on his representation at the Senate.
“In order to avoid break down of law and order, security operatives were dispatched to the palace and they have successfully escorted him out of the town unhurt.”
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