Lagos APC wants attack on Abia members probed
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has urged law enforcement agencies to investigate an attack on some of its members in Abia State.
The party said some members of the APC were heading for a party meeting in the Abia Central Senatorial Zone when they were attacked by hoodlums suspected to be sponsored by the Peoples Democratic Party and the government.
In a release in Lagos by the Lagos State Interim Publicity Secretary of the APC, Joe Igbokwe, the party said law enforcement agencies must probe the attack and bring the culprits to book as it would no longer tolerate further violence against members of the party in any part of Nigeria.
APC said, "What is the crime of Nigerians freely exercising their fundamental political rights to merit the unleashing of armed thugs and hoodlums on them?
"We state that it is within the rights of Nigerians to belong to the political party of their choice and that we will resist any attempt to visit violence on innocent party members anywhere in Nigeria just for belonging to a different political party.
"We draw the attention of the police high command and all other security agencies to investigate this attack and ensure the protection of our members in Abia and prevent a possible escalation of political crisis in Abia State as a result of the fidgety attitude of the ruling party to the growth of opposition to its continued stay in power."
The party commended its members in Abia Central Senatorial Zone "for resisting the temptation to retaliate in the face of the provocative attack," but added that such restraint might not be possible next time.
"We equally urge law enforcement agents to get to the root of the attack and fish out the perpetrators with a view to meting adequate punishment to them and their sponsors," the party added.
The party said some members of the APC were heading for a party meeting in the Abia Central Senatorial Zone when they were attacked by hoodlums suspected to be sponsored by the Peoples Democratic Party and the government.
In a release in Lagos by the Lagos State Interim Publicity Secretary of the APC, Joe Igbokwe, the party said law enforcement agencies must probe the attack and bring the culprits to book as it would no longer tolerate further violence against members of the party in any part of Nigeria.
APC said, "What is the crime of Nigerians freely exercising their fundamental political rights to merit the unleashing of armed thugs and hoodlums on them?
"We state that it is within the rights of Nigerians to belong to the political party of their choice and that we will resist any attempt to visit violence on innocent party members anywhere in Nigeria just for belonging to a different political party.
"We draw the attention of the police high command and all other security agencies to investigate this attack and ensure the protection of our members in Abia and prevent a possible escalation of political crisis in Abia State as a result of the fidgety attitude of the ruling party to the growth of opposition to its continued stay in power."
The party commended its members in Abia Central Senatorial Zone "for resisting the temptation to retaliate in the face of the provocative attack," but added that such restraint might not be possible next time.
"We equally urge law enforcement agents to get to the root of the attack and fish out the perpetrators with a view to meting adequate punishment to them and their sponsors," the party added.
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