The Imo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of being responsible for the many attacks and killings in the state.
According to the APC, the PDP should hold themselves individually and collectively responsible for the unwarranted killings of innocent citizens and destruction of public and private properties in the state.
The APC said that after the deliberate campaigns of calumny, incitement and destructive opposition against the ruling government of the day, one should not look for whom to blame when the result comes.
The APC state publicity Secretary, Cajethan Duke said in a statement that: “It is no longer news that what is happening in Imo today, has the tacit endorsement and signature of the opposition element in the state. Instead of looking for whom to blame, Imolites and all men of goodwill deserve an unreserved apology from PDP, and not its provocative, hypocritical grandstanding,”
He said blaming the APC- led government of Governor Hope Uzodimma for the incidents of insecurity in parts of Orlu senatorial zone of the state was a deliberate attempt to mislead the people, malign the person of the governor and undermine the credibility of his administration.
“It is dishonest, wicked and utterly mischievous for the PDP to attribute the renewed gruesome attacks on notable leaders of All Progressives Congress and destruction of critical public infrastructure in the state to lack of leadership capacity on the part of the governor,” he stated.
Duke said his party expects the PDP to exonerate themselves from the insurgency to condemn the ugly trend and support the fight, saying “We are shocked over their unrepentant and unrelenting devious posture”.
The APC maintained that the governor has continued to demonstrate “capacity, maturity and uncommon statecraft in the business of governance, and particularly, in the fight against politically – sponsored insecurity in the state”.
