The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has decried the burning of it’s Party Secretariat located at Oyemekun road, Akure on Wednesday by some hoodlums under the #EndSars protest.
The youths were said to be angry that policemen allegedly shot some of them at the roadblock area of Akure.
In a reaction through a Press Statement by the APC Publicity Secretary
Ondo State; Alex Kalejaye, it was alleged that thugs, apparently sponsored by the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), launched attacks on the residence of the State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Engr. Ade Adetimehin, and that it took the intervention of a team of policemen from Elerinla Police station, led by the DPO, to salvage the tensed situation and saved the party chieftain and his family.
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The statement further said that for the inability to wreck sufficient havoc on the Chairman’s house, the thugs, chanting “Power to the People” headed straight to the Party State Secretariat, and set it ablaze.
The Statement reads:
“The Ondo APC is stunned that a legitimate protest by youths could be employed to achieve political vendetta by setting the party’s secretariat on fire.”
“It is sad to note that the People’s Democratic Party, could go this far to perpetuate what it could not achieve during the just concluded gubernatorial election in Ondo State.”
“The APC has it on good authority that the PDP has also perfected plans to target leaders of the APC that are either of Akure origin, or based in the capital city for attacks in the next couple of days.”
“The fact that the APC always prefer to err on the side of caution should not be mistaken for cowardice. The party has the followers and capability to contain such excesses from any aggressive Party.”
“We therefore call on security agencies to wade in, and stop this senseless cruelty that is being unleashed by a political group. Members of the public, and indeed, APC leaders deserve protection. This is the only way to avert self-help.”
“The APC identifies with sincere and genuine agitation for a better Nigeria, but quick to add that what is happening in Akure is no longer a protest to end SARS, but a political aggression, resulting from electoral defeat.”
