APC denies attack on Kwara PDP campaign team

Alhaji Yaman Abdullahi, the governorship candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party, was allegedly attacked by hoodlums suspected of being political thugs in Kwara State. The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has denied any involvement.Information Guide Nigeria

The incident, which reportedly occurred on Friday as Abdullahi’s campaign caravan was departing Shao, in the Moro Local Government Area of the state, after its campaign, allegedly resulted in significant injuries to several party members and the destruction of numerous vehicles.

In a statement released by its Publicity Secretary, Prince Tunji Morohunfoye, the PDP denounced the alleged attack by APC thugs on its candidate and his supporters.

Morohunfoye added, “The PDP governorship candidate Alhaji Shuaib Abdullahi, and his campaign train were attacked by thugs suspected to be APC-sponsored early this (Saturday) morning in Shao, Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State, while the team was on its way back to Ilorin, the state capital.NYSC portal

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“Some members of Alhaji Yaman’s entourage were also injured and had to be hospitalised after this traumatic and unprovoked attack.”

SP Ajayi Okasanmi, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, informed one of our correspondents that he had not yet received a report of an attack on the campaign crew of the PDP candidate.

Tajudeen Aro, a spokesman for the APC in the state, refuted this assertion, stating that the PDP was embroiled in a payment dispute with the campaign bus drivers they employed.

“They (the PDP) don’t need to be shouting that they were attacked. What they should probably do is to go and report at the police station. I have done an investigation and inquired from three people. They were having issues because they didn’t pay for the buses they hired. The bus drivers were fighting with them because they were not paid,” Aro added.JAMB portal

However, Morohunfoye said the opposition party had faced political intimidation in the state.

He said, “We wish to remind Kwarans of the ugly incident that happened over the last weekend where all PDP banners and billboards were defaced and destroyed in Kwara South, along the way to Obo-Ayegunle, just because the governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, was invited to an event there.

“The entourage of the PDP deputy governorship candidate, Gbenga Makajuola, who was also invited to the event, had to be sequestered at Omu-Aran for the fear of a clash with the governor’s APC entourage. We, in the PDP, wish to reiterate that no single person has a monopoly on violence. We know we are on the path to victory come 2023 InshAllah. So, why should we cause trouble and perpetuate violence? We can only call on our gallant but grossly underfunded security agents in Kwara State to seek out and arrest these agents of destabilisation suspected to be sponsored by the APC.

“Consequently, we at the PDP, put it to the Kwara APC that glossy banners, billboards, and beautiful campaign materials do not win elections. The APC may also wish to be reminded that thugs shall not and cannot shake the resolve of the great people of Kwara State to change the ‘soiled diaper’ APC regime, led by Mal. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq.”JAMB Result