Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) has cautioned the Social Democratic Party, (SDP) and Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) to desist from acts of bloodletting as they commence their campaign towards the June 18 election in the state.
The publicity secretary of the party, Segun Dipe in Ado Ekiti, revealed this in a statement recently.
He further admonished all political parties to embrace orderliness and peace in the conduct of their campaigning, stating that the ruling party bemoaned the unwarranted bloodletting, which was reported to have happened in Efon on Wednesday 6 April 2022.
He, however, described the development as unfortunate, unprovoked and avoidable, saying no one’s ambition should be laced with such bloodletting.
He said, “Such act of intimidation is highly condemned by us and should be discouraged in totality by all and sundry. The government of the day will not allow anyone, no matter the stature, to return the state to the era of trouble in the name of campaigning for election.”
Dipe noted that Ekiti people are naturally peaceful and would not like to be taken back to days when limbs and lives of innocent souls were being cut off with impunity.
He said, “Anyone trying to remind our people of what happened in 2009 during the rerun, when Chief Segun Oni and the PDP on the platform he contested unleashed mayhem on innocent people cutting limbs and lives will certainly meet his waterloo.”
Continuing, he sadi “the Efon incident is quite unfortunate and uncalled for. Our people know APC very well and trust what the ruling party is capable of doing, more so that the party (APC) has not even flagged off its own campaign.”
Packaged By Emmanuel Adeniran
