Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo State and chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ondo State Election Campaign Committee, has indicted All Progressives Congress (APC) over incessant violent attacks in Ondo State.
Speaking through a statement issued by Samuel Fasua, Head, Media Research, Eyitayo Jegede Campaign Organisation (EJCO), on Monday, Makinde condemned as uncivilised the actions of those he described as APC thugs, who attacked the PDP members in Akure metropolis.
Makinde who was making an official complaint to the state’s Commissioner of Police, Bolaji Salami, stated: “We have always made our campaigns issue-based, but the APC government in this state prefers violent attacks as a form of response.
“Ondo people are tired and our numerous supporters have continuously been subjected to unfair treatment by those who hold the reins of power in the state.
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“But, if they think what they did in Kogi is applicable here, they are making a mistake; because people are fully prepared for them.”
He called on relevant security agencies in the state not to shirk their statutory responsibilities of ensuring a peaceful, free and fair election on Saturday, October 10.
Makinde said: “More still needs to be done in the area of security because APC is trying to create voters’ apathy so as to scare people away from performing their civic responsibility on the election day, which will be resisted by the masses.
“We have come here to intimate the Commissioner of Police with this ugly situation, and to extract assurance from him that the APC armed thugs would be silenced and that nobody will be intimidated on election day.”
