Hoodlums attack Ekiti PDP Secretariat

Barely a few weeks to the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, hoodlums have attacked the State Party Secretariat in Ado Ekiti.

The PDP Secretariat which is located in the Ajilosun area along Ado-Ikere road in Ado Ekiti, the state capital was attacked on Thursday by hoodlums.

Newsflash Nigeria gathered that the assailants invaded the PDP Secretariat around 8:50 am and destroyed the doors, windows and other facilities with machetes.

It was learnt that the attack, which forced staff of the Secretariat to scamper to safety, caused panic among residents of the area.

Ekiti Police Command Public Relations Officer, ASP Sunday Abutu, confirmed the incident.

He added that men of the Command had been drafted to the area to forestall any further breakdown of law and order.

The PPRO, who said no suspect had been arrested in connection with the attack, noted that the Command had commenced full-blown investigations to unravel the brains behind the dastardly act.

This incident occurred barely 13 days (January 26) to the governorship primary of the party.

The political tension is rising steadily as preparations for the battle over who clinched the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gradually gets underway.

The seventeen aspirants are already sharpening their weapons ahead of who would control the delegates for the primary election in the party.

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Also, this Saturday, January 15, 2022, the party to elect the three-man ad-hoc delegates across the 177 wards of the state and January 22, 2022, to elect one National Delegates as well as one physically challenged (PCM)  from each local government area.

Meanwhile, the former governor of the state, who is also a leader of the party in the state, Ayodele Fayose, has condemned the attack today, on the PDP Secretariat in Ekiti State by hoodlums, calling on security agencies to apprehend and prosecute the thugs and whoever sponsored them.

Fayose said in a statement on Thursday, which he personally signed, that it was strange and ridiculous that anyone in Ekiti State could still engage in such criminal act, adding that “this will be the last as far as PDP facilities are concerned.”

In his reaction, Fayose said those who are already smelling defeat should be honest and decent enough to accept it rather than embarking on a violent attack against the party secretariat.

He said; “My attention has just been drawn to the attack on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Secretariat in Ekiti State by two unknown thugs.

“The police must unravel those behind it and be made to face the full wrath of the law.

“And to those behind this, they are reminded that nobody knows the end of violence and nobody has the monopoly of violence too. They must be careful not to attempt it any further.

“This will be the last time such will happen to any PDP facility or our members in Ekiti and those agents of violence and sponsors wherever they may be is hereby warned.

“On this one, we have taken the hint and we won’t be intimidated by cowards.”

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