APC ACCUSES PDP OF SHOOTINGS IN RIVERS STATE!!!

APC National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja. (Culled from This Day).

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the PDP of engaging in violence ahead of next month's general elections, after many supporters of the APC were shot by gunmen while heading to the inaugural campaign of their presidential candidate, General  Muhammadu Buhari, in Rivers State on Tuesday.

The party said the PDP has realised that it is fast losing ground in Rivers and  has become so desperate as to resort to violence against supporters of the ruling party in the state.

In a statement issued  on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said it is not surprised by published reports that the attack was led by an ex-militant who is a member of the PDP from the Gokana Local Government area.

It said the attacks, reportedly by thugs working for the PDP along the Bori-Saakpenwa Road in Bori, Khana LGA, followed the same pattern of previous acts of violence directed at the APC, the party's elected and appointed officials, including Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, as well as its supporters by PDP thugs in the state.

APC said the acts of violence perpetrated against its supporters, some of whom are lying critically ill in hospital, on Tuesday occurred despite assurances by President Goodluck Jonathan as well as PDP Chairman Adamu Muazu that next month's general elections will be free, fair and peaceful.