APC arresting PDP leaders, members, says Edo govt

The Edo State Government on Tuesday raised the alarm that the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state is targeting PDP leaders in the State adding that over 10 PDP leaders, including a Local Government Council Chairman of Esan West Council are kept in the dungeon on the orders of the ruling party.

Briefing newsmen in Benin, Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, called on Security Agencies to halt the incessant arrest of PDP leaders and supporters ahead of the governorship election.

Nehikhare said that no amount of intimidation will make the APC win the September 21st Edo governorship election.

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He accused the APC of being behind the arrest of some of its leaders and supporters across the state, noting, that “some of our members have been in detention for the past two months without being charged to court.”

Nehikhare urged the APC and its cohorts to tell the Edo people why the intimidation and arrest of its members.

“Let the APC explain to us where our members and leaders are? Why have they not been charged to court since their arrest?

“Instead, the APC have been boasting of their plans to attack, intimidate, and harass PDP members and supporters.”