Barrister Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim, CFR |
The campaign office of a factional gubernatorial candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 26 Governorship election in Ondo State, Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim (CFR), was on Saturday night, attacked and vandalized by unknown hoodlums in Akure, the state capital.
The newly renovated building is
located along the busy Oyemekun road, in Akure.
An eyewitness account disclosed that
some gunmen allegedly stormed the building at about 8:30 pm in a Toyota Bus
branded with Eyitayo Jegede posters,
went on rampage, destroyed and vandalised the newly installed PDP flags, the
Nigeria National flag and the big billboard mounted on the top floor of the
building.
While conducting newsmen around the building
on Sunday, the Director of Media and Publicity of PDP in the state, Yemi Akintomide, described the act as
barbaric, destructive and a very dangerous way of playing politics.
Akintomide said 18 poles with PDP
flags, representing each of the eighteen council areas of the state and a
Nigeria National coloured flag, just installed on Saturday morning, at the
frontage of the campaign office by a governorship aspirant of the party, Bamiduro Dada, were all destroyed by
the political thugs. He said the hoodlums also pulled down and vandalised the
campaign billboard of Ibrahim mounted on top of the storey-building. He,
however, said nobody was attacked as the perpetrators of the dastardly act came
in the night after occupants of the office had left and the structure was under
lock and key.
Akintomide urged stakeholders in the
state, including political leaders, traditional rulers, youths, artisans, women
and students to condemn this dangerous act “to
forestall future occurrence of such action before, during and after the
governorship election. We are calling on our security agencies to come to our
aide by fortifying security around the party secretariat and the campaign
office, and all the people that will be visiting these buildings as the
campaign hots up.
“We’re aware of the evil
plans of the other faction of the PDP in the state as we go into the campaign
proper; but we at the Prince Biyi Poroye led PDP in the state have been
preaching peace and non-violence, leaving the court to do justice to the cases
before it, while we continue politicking and preparing for the election.
“We condemn in it
totality, this destructive attitude of our fellow party men at the other end,
as we believe, as PDP members, we should jointly canvass for votes
and mobilise our members towards achieving victory for our party in the coming
poll, while the internal crisis can be amicably and lawfully resolved
thereafter”, he added. (Sun)
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