JUST IN: One Shot Dead, Others Injured In Edo PDP Rally

JUST IN: One Shot Dead, Others Injured In Edo PDP Rally

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign in Edo Central Senatorial District started on a sad note yesterday, with the alleged killing of one person and injuring of others.

The tragic incident occurred in Ward 7 of Ewu community, Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo State, according to the party’s campaign director Anselm Ojezua last night.

According to Ojezua, the incident has been reported to the police for a thorough investigation.

The PDP launched campaigns for all of its senatorial candidates in the senatorial district on Tuesday, ahead of the February 25 and March 11 elections.

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The violence caused confusion, as the Speaker of the Edo House of Assembly, Marcus Onobun, and other PDP leaders from the Edo zone were quickly evacuated. Other members of the group dashed to safety.

Ojezua, a former Commissioner for Lands and Survey, claimed an unidentified person was shot dead and many others were injured, prompting PDP leaders to call a halt to all political rallies in the area.

He said: “Expectedly, the  outcome of the kick off of the campaign, which covered wards 1 to 5 of the LGA was indeed successful, as PDP members and supporters of the party came out en masse to show solidarity to all the candidates of PDP.

“With the same high spirit and in view of the success recorded at the kick off, the PDP leaders decided to take the campaign to Wards 7 and 8 in Ewu, but the campaign had a sad occurrence, because while the rally was ongoing in Ward 7, the sound of gunshots was heard some distance away from where the rally was taking place.

“Disturbed by this sound of gunshots, the leaders of the PDP leading the rally, which was supposed to be the final campaign rally in Esan Central Local Government Area decided to lead their members and supporters to a safe location, in order to avoid injury, and possible damage and loss of lives of leaders and members of the governing party.

“The PDP, as a peace-loving political party, which understands the place of the rule of law in a constitutional democracy, has reported the sad and unfortunate occurrence to the police, for a thorough investigation into the matter.

“We later heard of loss of life in the incident, which has led us, as a party, to put on hold all political campaign rallies, until the police come up with their investigation and findings.”

The campaign’s director also stated that the campaign council regretted the loss of life as a result of the incident and prayed for the repose of the victim’s soul.

He urged all PDP supporters to be assured that all campaign rallies would resume as soon as the police investigation concluded, in order to determine the root cause of the incident.

Ojezua stated that the campaign’s council advised all PDP members in the area to go about their normal activities peacefully.

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