The All Progressive Congress (APC) says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has resorted to falsehood and propaganda against its leaders in Akwa Ibom State in its desperation to remain in the reckoning of the electorate.
The APC acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yekini Nabena, said this on Sunday in a statement issued in Abuja.
Nabena said the PDP adopted the latest approach in the face of imminent defeat in the forthcoming 2019 governorship and legislative election in Akwa Ibom State.
He said the PDP alleged that the APC chieftains were planning to foment violence in the state in order to ensure the postponement of the forthcoming elections.
The APC, which described the allegation as a classic case of the aggressor playing the victim to cover up his misdeeds, added that it viewed PDP’s wild and unsubstantiated allegations against former governor of Akwa-Ibom State, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, Atuekong Don Etiebet and the 2019 APC governorship candidate, Obong Nsima Ekere, as one of the falsehoods and propaganda by the PDP.
The party said the PDP and its leaders in Akwa Ibom State were actually the purveyors of violence, citing the alleged several petitions in the office of the Inspector General of Police against the PDP National Legal Adviser, Barr. Emmanuel Enoidem, a former commissioner in Governor Udom Emmanuel’s administration.
The statement stressed that the PDP administration in the state must accept its failure to provide security.
“It is silly that the PDP ascribes the current spate of violence to APC when its (APC) members are at the receiving end.
“It is on record that a day after Senator Akpabio joined the APC, his home was attacked by gun-wielding men who shot into his compound.
“The numerous cases of politically-motivated attacks against APC supporters, members and leaders in the state are in the public domain and has been well-reported.
“The Akwa Ibom electorate cannot wait for the 2109 General Elections to vote out the incompetent PDP government,” he said.
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