Ebonyi state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi state, Wednesday, alleged plot by All Progressives Congress (APC)
to disrupt Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
In a statement by the party’s Director of Media and Publicity, Chief Abia Onyeike, PDP called on security agencies in the state to forestall the plot.
It reads, “The evil plans of the APC government in Ebonyi State to cause mayhem and disrupt the forthcoming Governorship Elections have been uncovered.
“The APC is not prepared for a democratic competition. Their leaders and chieftains have boasted that anybody who comes out on Saturday and refuses to vote for their party will be killed. This is a terrible and strange development in the history of elections in Nigeria.
“We seize this opportunity to alert the security agencies in the state to forestall the breakdown of law and order because of the excesses of these political gangsters.
“Meanwhile, we have it on good authority that they have imported thugs known as the “Warriors” from Kogi State. They are planning to replicate what happened in Ezza North in Izzi Land. This time, they want to rope in the Governorship Candidate of the PDP.
“We condemn the killing of innocent citizens and Traditional Rulers in the state, all in the name of the quest for power.
“Ebonyi state requires peace and tranquility. Let the citizens be allowed the freedom to elect leaders of their choice. That is the essence of a democratic election.
“Those who kill or mobilise thugs and arm them to kill our people are worse than evil desperados. They are the purveyors of falsehood and corruption”, Onyeike stated.