ADC condemns Edo gun attack, heads to ECOWAS Court

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has powerfully condemned what it described arsenic a weapon onslaught and attempted assassination successful Edo State.

The enactment said the incidental targeted erstwhile politician John Oyegun, enactment person Peter Obi, and Olumide Akpata, who precocious joined the ADC.

In a connection signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the enactment accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of fostering governmental violence.

ADC claimed the onslaught formed portion of a wider signifier of intimidation against absorption figures crossed the country.

According to the party, the shooting was not a random lawsuit but a deliberate enactment intended to frighten and soundlessness governmental opponents. It added that utilizing gunfire against politicians successful a antiauthoritarian strategy is unacceptable and dangerous.

The ADC besides expressed interest implicit caller remarks by Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo. The enactment alleged that the politician had antecedently stated helium could not warrant Peter Obi’s information if helium visited the state. It further accused him of claiming that the ADC sponsors cult groups and of threatening to demolish properties linked to absorption members.

The enactment described specified statements arsenic reckless and susceptible of escalating tensions successful the state. It stressed that nary politician oregon governmental enactment owns immoderate authorities successful Nigeria, and that each citizens person the close to determination freely, spea...