APC, PDP Intensify Battle for Edo, Trade Words over Violence
By Chuks Okocha in Abuja Adibe Emenyonu
Youths, suspected to be APC supporters, had blocked the convoy of Obaseki and his entourage, as they made their way to the palace.National Vice-Chairman of PDP , Chief Dan Orbih, in a statement, however, wondered what the APC members were doing at the gate of the Oba of Benin’s palace on a day that the APC did not have any activity in the neighbourhood.
He stated that the attack was pre-planned as there was no official APC activity to warrant the gathering of the APC loyalists at the palace gate. “There have been several videos in the cyberspace where these thugs have been instructed, directed and motivated to intimidate and cause chaos and mayhem in the state.”
“There was no official communication to the security agencies and the palace that APC was also going to have an event at the palace.” Also addressing a press conference at its party campaign office, Benin City, the Vice-Chairman, Media and Publicity Committee, APC National Campaign Council, Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon, said instead of fixing the humongous problems bedeviling the state such as the payment of salaries and fixing the ecological issues, Obaseki chose to invite “tax-collectors” to the state to further feast on the state’s treasury.
“Worse still, information has also reached us from sources in Obaseki’s government who are but disillusioned with his nefarious acts, that the governor has plotted and perfected a criminally appalling initiative aimed at subverting the will of the people.”
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