APC marketing campaign council condemns assault on NDC supporters at Lagos city corridor, calls for arrest of perpetrators

 The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential marketing campaign
council has condemned the assault on supporters of the Nigeria Democratic
Congress (NDC) throughout a city corridor assembly in Lagos state, calling on safety
businesses to arrest and prosecute these accountable.

 

The assault occurred on Thursday on the Classique Event
Centre within the Oregun space of Lagos, the place hoodlums, armed with cutlasses,
cudgels and stones invaded the venue and disrupted the gathering.

In an announcement on Thursday, Dele Alake, spokesperson of the
APC presidential marketing campaign council, condemned the incident and different reported
assaults on political gatherings throughout the nation.

“We have noticed the latest spate of violent assaults at
political gatherings in components of the nation. The reported assaults in Edo,
Cross River, and Gombe, and different violence focused at get together supporters and
political leaders throughout get together traces are condemnable,” the assertion reads.

“Our marketing campaign strongly condemns the disruption of as we speak’s
scheduled city corridor assembly of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in Lagos.”

Alake urged political events, politicians and their
supporters to train restraint and keep away from actions able to triggering public
dysfunction as campaigns forward of the 2027 elections collect momentum.

He additionally referred to as on safety businesses to step up their efforts
to forestall political violence and guarantee these accountable are delivered to
justice.

“We name on the safety businesses to be extra responsive and
alert in stopping political violence of any kind and guarantee instigators and
perpetrators are apprehended and punished in accordance with the regulation,” he
added.

The APC marketing campaign council spokesperson additionally urged political
events and candidates to focus their campaigns on points that will enhance
the lives of Nigerians quite than inciting violence at political occasions.

The assault disrupted the NDC city corridor assembly in Oregun,
the place supporters of Peter Obi, the get together’s presidential candidate, and Rabiu
Musa Kwankwaso, his working mate, had gathered.

The hoodlums invaded the venue round 11am, forcing
contributors to flee for security.

Samuel Adebanjo, a multimedia journalist with TheCable, was
additionally attacked throughout the incident, with the assailants allegedly beating him
and taking his digital camera, gimbal and microphone.

Police operatives arrived on the scene about an hour after
the violence started and fired tear gasoline canisters to revive order.

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