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JUST IN: Rivers APC Campaign Director Abducted (DETAILS)
JUST IN: Rivers APC Campaign Director Abducted (DETAILS)
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has reported that its campaign director in Opobo/Nkoro Opobo Local Government Area, Boma Brown, was kidnapped by suspected political thugs on Tuesday at the site of a scheduled rally in the area.
In response, the APC accused the police of compromise, claiming that officers were on the scene when the attack occurred.
Tonye Cole, the party’s governorship candidate, told reporters that the thugs invaded the party’s campaign venue, shot indiscriminately, and whisked the party chieftain away.
Cole had called for the declaration of a state of emergency in the state due to the spate of political violence.
Darlington Nwauju, the state APC Publicity Secretary, also called the incident a barbaric attack on democracy.
Nwauju revealed that security operatives attached to the governorship candidate, Cole, and the former Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, aided in Mr. Brown’s rescue.
“This is another barbaric attack on our democracy. Parties should be allowed to campaign freely and electorate should be allowed to vote for the candidates of their choice. That is what democracy is all about and not the other way round,” he stated.
Cole spoke out against the attack on the planned venue for the party’s rally in Opobo, stating that despite the shooting that dispersed everyone, the party would return to Opobo to hold its campaign.
He said, “This morning, we were on our way to Opobo and they went into our rally ground, scattered everything and carried our local government coordinator forcefully. There was shooting and they dispersed everyone.
“Everybody should be allowed to choose freely who they want to vote for. We will still be in Opobo. Nothing is going to stop us. But right now, we have to go and find the kidnapped, abducted local government chairman.”
Sogbeye Eli, spokesman for the state APC Governorship Campaign Council, called for the redeployment of Commissioner of Police Okon Effiong in response to a spate of politically motivated violence in the state.
Eli in a statement issued on Tuesday accused the CP of compromise.
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