Stop Attacking Our Members, PDP Warns APC

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State has blamed the ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC, of masterminding the recent attacks on members of the party.

The party made the statement following an attack on the former Governor Ayodele Fayose in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.

Fayose was allegedly attacked by some men in a pickup van who trailed his vehicle after he left the state House of Assembly in Ado Ekiti.

In a reaction, the PDP state chairman, Chief Gboyega Oguntuwase, said its members do not deserve the attacks, as they did not attack any member of the opposition when the party was in government.

Oguntuwase further appealed to the police to exhibit professionalism in the handling of the attack on the ex-governor.

The statement reads in part, “I personally protest the attack on Fayose. As the PDP leader in the state, I say we don’t deserve it because nobody harassed the opposition under our watch.

“A pollution of the river of peace in Ekiti will not be to anybody’s advantage. One monumental feature of the APC government is the intimidation and harassment of opposition .

“It is an irony that leaders who in obedience to a summon by a legislative body can be ambushed shortly after the visit to be harrassed and threatened with weapons.

“This is not good for Ekiti or Nigeria.”