The Peoples Democratic Occasion, PDP, Akure South Chapter, on Friday accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of attacking its members throughout a ward assembly in Akure, Ondo State capital.
The Secretary of the PDP Caretaker Committee within the native authorities, Sunday Ogedengbe, disclosed that thugs numbering about 13 invaded the venue of the assembly at Odopetu ward whereas chanting the marketing campaign slogan of Governor Fortunate Aiyedatiwa.
Ogedengbe confused that the ugly pattern posed a menace to the forthcoming November 16 governorship election within the state.
Whereas urging Aiyedatiwa to rein in his supporters, he narrated that, “the uninvited assailants have been shouting the APC governorship candidate’s marketing campaign slogan, ‘Odatiwa, Odirorun,’ earlier than disrupting the peaceable gathering.”
Ogedengbe maintained that additional strikes by the supporters of APC to unleash any assault on its members could be resisted.
“This incident is each pathetic and despicable, particularly from a celebration claiming to be in style and accepted by the citizens.
“The actions of those miscreants will not be solely condemnable but in addition pose a critical menace to the peaceable and credible conduct of free and honest governorship elections within the state,” he added.
Nonetheless, the Director of Media and Publicity of the APC within the state, Steve Otaloro, who described the allegation as baseless, urged the opposition social gathering to concentrate on issue-based marketing campaign, including that the ruling social gathering won’t ever have interaction in such an act.
Whereas stressing that the APC was dedicated to peaceable and credible elections, Otaloro mentioned “reasonably than dashing to judgment, the PDP ought to enable the police to conclude their investigation, which they themselves initiated. It’s important to prioritize details over hypothesis and political manipulation.”
