The national leadership of the All Progressives Grand Alliance has condemned the attack on the party’s delegates on Sunday in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
In a statement on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Tex Okechukwu, the party said its delegates officials were attacked during the party’s governorship primary.
“We are saddened by the fact that our political landscape is gradually being turned into a battlefield by some unscrupulous and mischievous politicians.
“We wish to state clearly that the attacks on our members by somebody who did not even qualify or was granted a waiver to participate in the said governorship primary were totally unwarranted and unacceptable.
“We condemn the shameful action of the mastermind of the attacks, who used thugs and hooded security operatives to inflict wounds on delegates and officials of our party with the support of an unnamed political bigwig in the state.
“What happened in Owerri on Sunday was a serious act of irresponsibility, brigandage, and rascality that should not be tolerated by any lawful society,” the party said.
According to the publicity secretary, the mastermind of the attack “came to purchase forms for the Imo State governorship primary. When the Waiver Committee went through her documents later, it was discovered that her application letter had no name on it and that she had yet to resign from the APC. On the strength of this discovery, the committee recommended that her application for waiver be refused. The National Working Committee acted accordingly by endorsing the recommendation of the Waiver Committee.
“It is painful and shameful that without seeking redress from the party, she organised thugs and invaded the venue for the primary on Sunday, destroying the property of the party and leaving delegates in serious bodily harm.”
The party vowed that it would take “every available legal step to seek justice to avoid a future occurrence.
