Edo Guber: We' re not behind arrest of your members, APC tells PDP

By Editor

Aug 20, 2024

The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the people of the State to disregard an allegation by the People's Democratic Party (PDP) that it was behind the purported arrest of its members by the Nigeria Police.

DailyMonitorngr reports that the Publicity Secretary of the party in the State, Prince Peter Uwadiae-Igbinigie made this call on Tuesday during a press briefing in Benin City. 

Igbinigie, said the press briefing was in reaction to PDP's allegation of the arrest of its members by the Police on the directives of APC.

He expressed surprise that the Police that supposed to be commended for carrying out its responsibility of securing lives and property within the State, were now being castigated by the ruling party in the State.

He noted that APC as a party, focused on acts that promote transparency and free, fair and credible election in the next month governirship election in the State.

Accoridng to him, the public and media space is awashed with the baseless and unfounded allegations by the PDP of the arrest of its members by the police on the prompting and instigation of our party.

"The APC would not have reacted to these unsubstantiated and rude allegations in order not to dignify the PDP but this is profoundly done to set the record straight and to disabuse the intellectual minds of the curious Edo People.

"It must be stated emphatically that some weeks ago, a young man who was wickedly armed with gun was arrested in Uromi, in Esan North Local Government Area of the State.

"News had it that the said boy made starkly confessional statement that the gun was procured for him and his cohorts by the Chairman of Esan North Local Government Area, to be used to fight their perceived political enemies particularly members of the APC.

"It is also in the public space that during interrogation of the said boy by the police, he gave names of his co-travellers who were on the run, some have now been arrested by the police in their diligent pursuit of these alleged criminals, others still at large.

"The police who ordinarily should be commended by the PDP, the party in authority in the state, is now being castigated for carrying out their civic responsibility of security of lives and property within the State.

"It is disturbing that the Governor of the State has been making inciting statements that bothers on treasonable felony when it was obvious from available evidence that members of his party allegedly shot and killed a serving police officer Inspector Akor in their desperate attempt to assassinate the Governorship Candidate of our party, Distinguished Sen. Monday Okpebholo.

"Those named in our petition to the Inspector General of Police are said to be having safe haven in Government House under the brazen watch of the Governor", he said.

He, however, commended the Police for the unwavering courage and profound determination to fish out those who are allegedly involved in the unholy crime so as to make the State safe for a free and fair election, come 21st of September, 2024.

He also called on all security agencies in the State to be vigilant and operate above board in these trying times,noting that a new Edo is rising where APC shall provide succor to the teeming Edo people.