Surulere attack on Jandor team clear evidence of APC’s high-handedness in Lagos- PDP
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the alleged attack on the team of its governorship candidate in the state, Olajide Adediran.
According to the party, the team was attacked between Thursday and Friday by suspected thugs of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Surulere area of the state.
Lagos State PDP Publicity Secretary/
Chairman, JandorFunke 2023 Media and Publicity Team, Hakeem Amode in a statement, stressed that the APC sponsored thugs iunleashed violence on persons and groups of people in the area ahead of the visitation by Adediran in continuation of his tour of the 245 wards in Lagos State.
“The hoodlums went to the Baale of Ojuoluwa in Empire area of the LGA to threaten him not to receive the entourage who was billed to pay him a courtesy visit.
“The gates leading to the entire Empire area were locked and vehicular movement around the area distrupted.
“Canopy and chairs arranged at Iponri Housing Estate were violently destroyed by APC killer-thugs who were armed with dangerous weapons including guns and many of our members who were making the arrangements was wounded in the fracas,” he said.
He revealed that the “same set of the sponsored thugs mobilised themselves to Soloki Street, where Adediran went to observe Jumat prayers, welding dangerous weapons, destroying vehicles on the entourage and violently snatched one of the campaign vehicles.
The publicity secretary President Muhammadu Buhari to “use his good office to stem the undemocratic practice of APC in Lagos against opposition parties to ensure that the desire of His Excellency to leave a legacy of credible election is not truncated on the altar of selfishness and entitlement by the ruling party in the state.”
The party also called on the Inspector General of Police to rise to the occasion and provide adequate security for all and sundry to enable them exercise their franchise in the coming election.
