The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday condemned the attack on the Benin residence of the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole by political thugs.
The party's National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, in a statement issued to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday said those behind the incident were ‘desperate persons who have political ambition’.
The party, however, commended Oshiomhole for “calling for calm after the apparent attempt on his life”. The statement called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Adamu and other relevant security outfits to investigate the ugly incident and prosecute the sponsors and attackers.
The statement reads in part.
“In Edo State, just as in any other state, everyone must be free to go about their normal and legitimate activities without harassment, intimidation, threat to life and property.
“It is clear that the sponsors of the attack are bent on causing crisis in the state in pursuit of their desperate and unpopular political interests. Human life is greater that anyone’s political ambition."
