Some hoodlums suspected to be working for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday set ablaze two cars belonging to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State.

The vehicles, a Volvo station wagon and a Toyota Hilux vehicle, were set ablaze alongside campaign canopies belonging to the opposition APC.

The attack on APC facilities occurred at the Oron Stadium, Akwa Ibom State.

Speaking on the development, the assistant director, Media and Publicity of Umana Okon Umana Campaign Organisation, Bonny Nyong, said before the attack, news had circulated in the local tabloids that the Oron local government chairman, Orman Esin, was arranging to hire thugs to attack the APC facilities.

But the director, Media and Publicity, Udom/Moses 2015 Campaign Organisation, Ekerette Udoh, dissociated the PDP from the attack on the APC.

Udoh stated that since Udom/Moses campaign is based on ideas on how to create employment for the teeming youths of the state, sponsoring attacks against political parties is alien to the organisation.

The commissioner of police, Akwa Ibom State, Gabriel Achong, condemned the attacks on Akpabio and on the APC campaign facilities at Oron Stadium.

and warned Oron youths against attacking any other political parties in the state.

He stated that the youths might have been disenchanted by Oronians by what they think it was their turn to produce the next governor.

His words: “When they stoned the PDP and the governor, we did not blame it on APC. If any other political parties still go there to campaign, they will still stone them.”

saying the development would engender other ethnic groups to also attack other political parties that would go to other areas for their electioneering.

The Police boss said the vehicles were burnt around 1am and the party did not contact the police before erecting their canopy for campaign at the stadium.


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NgeneUkwenu:
PDP can't do without violence!

courage54:
PDP = VIOLENCE

clevvermind:
why is apc setting their things on fire?

NgeneUkwenu:
PDP can't do without violence!

jingh:
APC= change
PDP= stagnancy,violence

EUROBOMBER:

APC sponsored the youths to burn the vehicles so that they have grounds to accuse the PDP of violence.

ujoinme:
APC is welcome to campaign in Akwa Ibom But we wonder what they are going to tell Us here in Akwa Ibom:

1).Is it that they will build us roads? Akpabio has built 350 roads in Akwa Ibom has completed 1900km and more are under construction.A record that no Nigerian governor past or present has achieved in 7.5yrs in the history of this great country.

2a) will they tell us about bridges? we will turn around and say But the PDP government has built us 38 bridges and 5 flyovers in 7.5 yrs. thereby opening up our state for investments as there are now access roads to all LGAs in the state.

2b).Is it electricity? Akpabio has completed Ibom power plant that generates 191MW of electricity to the national grid and is currently expanding it to 600MW capacity, If states were allowed to generate electricity for their personal consumption without passing through the National grid. The 191MW Akwa Ibom Currently generates will be more than enough for the whole state.
Besides this Akpabio has successfully collaborated with The FG and Mobil exxon Who are building a 500MW gas fired plant at QIT ibeno as we speak.
The govt of PDP has attracted private investor SEVEN ENERGY and SEPTA petroleum who have built and is currently processing 200million cubic ft of gas daily at Uquo, gas processing plant in Esit Eket. Thereby making our state able to supply adequate gas to fire our Ibom Power plant Alscon and also supply gas to the IPP in calabar and Unicem in calabar.

3). Are that going to tell us About Education? The PDP administration has instituted free amd compulsory education in the state and has built 4000 classroom blocks in 7 yrs and has also built a bi- campus state university that will graduate its first set 2015. and the FG has also established a federal Polytechnic in Akwa Ibom State.

4) Are they going to tell us about building us ports? The brand new Akwa Ibom international Airport is already functional and received the APC leaders Aircrafts when they came calling, The Ibaka deep seaport And Export processing zone is on course having recently passed all the FG evaluation and economic viability test and is set to be approved by the FEC for funding

5) Are they going to tell us about corruption? and we will look at their leaders in Atiku and Tinubu and scream these are the two most corrupt Nigerians in the history of corruption that we know, And we will ask How will these corrupt leaders stem out corruption in Nigeria?

6)Will they tell us about poverty in the land ?and we will tell their leaders that Akwa Ibom people were poorer when Gen. Buhari was the president of Nigeria, And we will ask, what new ideas has general buhari gained since then that will make Akwa Ibom people richer, And we will equally ask him to list the projects he sited in Akwa Ibom When he was in charge of PTDF where 80% of his projects were sited in the North even though 99% of the funding for PTDF was from SS.

7)Will they tell us about change? we will tell them that Akwa Ibom people have never seen the kind of uncommon transformation that we have witnessed in the past 10yrs under PDP.

We welcome APC to Akwa Ibom but it will be extremely difficult for them to get votes in Akwa Ibom Because they have no track record to campaign in Akwa Ibom And our people know that APC has no Agenda for Nigeria besides screaming corruption when indeed their leaders are the personification of Corruption.

Has PDP solved all the problems in Akwa Ibom? NO! but because of the track record of PDP in AKS we trust them to do more in the coming years and address issues they have been thin on,than vote a party that has no track record of accomplishing anything on ground in Our dear state.