The secretariats of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been burnt
down in Akure, capital of Ondo.
The house of Ade Adetimehin, the
chairman of APC in the state, was also attacked in a separate incident on
Wednesday.
Although a witness revealed that the APC secretariat was burnt down during the #EndSARS protest in the
state capital, the party in a statement said PDP hid behind the protest to set
its secretariat ablaze.
The statement, which was signed
by Alex Kalejaye, the APC publicity secretary in the state, said the party
chairman escaped from being lynched after the intervention of policemen from
Elerinla police station.
“Thugs, apparently sponsored by
the PDP, today launched attack on the resident of the state chairman of the
APC, Engr. Ade Adetimehin,” the statement read.
“For the inability to wreck
sufficient havoc on the chairman’s house, the thugs, chanting “power to the
people” headed straight to the party state secretariat, and set it ablaze. The
Ondo APC is stunned that a legitimate protest by youths could be employed to
achieve political vendetta by setting the party’s secretariat on fire. The
whole act of wickedness was premeditated; never by accident.
“The APC has it on good authority
that the PDP has also perfected plans to target leaders of the APC that are
either of Akure origin, or based in the capital city for attacks in the next
couple of days.”
The party warned the PDP that its
members had the capacity to contain aggression, while also calling on security
agencies to wade in.
While exonerating PDP members
from the attack, public relation officer of the party in the state, Kennedy
Peretei, confirmed that the PDP secretariat was also set ablaze.
He said: “The PDP state
secretariat has been razed down. One of the policemen on duty escaped by
whiskers but his vehicle was burnt down as well as the Coaster bus. This is
very unfortunate and a grave danger to our democracy.
“It is very uncharitable for the
leadership of APC to accuse the PDP for the activities of thugs who set the APC
secretariat on fire in Akure.
“How on earth can anyone attribute such
dastardly acts to PDP, a party that presided over the affairs of Nigeria for 16
unbroken years. Nobody should draw the PDP into how the APC has steadily led us
to where we are now as a nation.”
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