by Azubuike Azikiwe
The offices of the All Progressives Congress and the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Ebonyi state, have come under attack.
There was a failed attempt to bomb the APC office in Abakaliki on Sunday night, with what is suspected to be improvised explosive devices, while the APGA office in the Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state was destroyed alongside houses of some members of the party.
According to eyewitnesses, those who attacked the APGA office as well as the houses of members of the party wore police uniforms.
The Police sopkesperson in the state, Chris Anyanwu, confirmed the attempt on the APC office and said that the police had began investigations into the attacks, promising that the culprits would soon be apprehended.
The attacked APC office in Kipirikpiri Road, was also the campaign office of Julius Ucha, the governorship candidate of the party in the state, who has urged the Inspector General of Police to order a thorough investigation into the incident even as he asked his supporters to remain law abiding.
One of Ucha’s aides, John Ekeh, revealed that the unknown assailants threw IEDs into the building at about 10: 45 pm on Sunday.
Ekeh said: “It was a clear intention of those that did it to burn down the office but God was on our side because when they threw the objects from the fence, the wire at the fence may have held the can containing the fuel and the intention was that when the object exploded, the fuel will catch fire and the entire building would have been razed down.”
Similarly, the APGA governorship candidate in the state, Anthony Agbo, has condemned the destruction of the party’s office, as well as the houses of some members, in Ohaukwu.
He said: “These agents of destabilisation in company with over 20 policemen attacked the houses of some members in this area. They burnt the party’s office and destroyed several properties, such as furniture and posters, as the policemen who wore police vests and wielded AK 47 rifles shot at the houses of our members.”
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