The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has condemned the attacks on the residence of the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole in Benin City, Edo State.
Omo-Agege in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Yomi Odunuga, in Abuja on Sunday, described the incident as “callous, cowardly, inhumane and totally unacceptable” saying that it should be condemned by all.
He said politics in the country should not be allowed to degenerate to a situation where violence becomes the language of activism by both politicians and their supporters no matter how disgruntled such persons may be.
He called on the police to fish out the culprits and make them face the wrath of the law saying that would deter others make them realize that political violence was not the best way to resolve conflicts.
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“Such criminal attack, remains utterly condemnable and illegal. Whatever their grievances, they should learn to explore dialogue rather than resort to violence.
“I call on the police to get to the root of the matter by prosecuting those involved in the act. “It is my belief that the fine principles and ethos of democratic practice do have inbuilt mechanisms through which internal wranglings can be resolved without recourse to violence as it was the case in Edo State on Saturday.
“I would like to call on the parties involved to explore those options that would strengthen the party as entrenched in the constitution of the APC as that is the best way to move the state and the nation to the Next Level in which all citizens are expected to reap the dividends of the trust they reposed in the government led by President Muhammadu Buhari”, the statement read.
The Senator also enjoined parents to warn their wards against political violence, adding that the attack ran against democratic principles.
