The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State has said that it has uncovered a plan to unleash armed thugs, disguised in the party’s branded attire, who would carry out sporadic shootings in the state with the intent to cause chaos and crisis.
In a statement on Monday in Benin City, the state capital, the Publicity Secretary of PDP Caretaker Committee, Mr. Chris Osa Nehikhare dissociated the party ‘from these planned shootings and violence’.
PDP said that the plan ‘is yet another in a series of clandestine efforts by the APC to tarnish the image of our party and stir unrest in the state’.
The statement further read: ‘While we condemn in the strongest terms the violent behaviour of the All Progressives Congress (APC), we want to draw the attention of the security agencies to this planned attack on our nascent democracy and call on them to apprehend the culprits and bring them to justice.
‘We also warn the APC to desist from the repeated assault on democracy in the last few months and allow the rule of law to be the guiding principle for governance and politics in Edo State.
‘We call on all stakeholders, including civil society organisations, the international community, and concerned citizens, among others, to raise their voices against these divisive and destructive tactics of the APC to protect our democracy, guarantee the safety of Edo State, and uphold the rule of law’.
