The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned in strong terms what it called the inexcusable attack on Senator Matthew Urhoghide allegedly by All Progressives Congress (APC) youths at the Benin Airport on Friday.
In a statement issued on Sunday by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said it was miffed that the APC had degenerated to the level of misdirecting its youths and unleashing them to attack and mete out violence on law-abiding citizens including a senator of the Federal Republic.
It added that it was equally irked that the attack happened in the full glare of high-ranking police officers in the state, who did nothing to protect the lawmaker but adopted an aloofness that emboldened the APC youths.
“We note that such brazen attack is a recipe for wide scale violence. But for the restraints exhibited by the PDP youths and supporters of Senator Urhoghide, there would have been a breakdown of law and order at the airport which might even extend to other parts of the state.
“The PDP restates our stand in commending Senator Urhoghide for his courage in standing for the Nigerian people to move the motion for the Senate to investigate President Muhammadu Buhari for alleged violations of our constitution.
“The fact that the Senate and of course, the House of Representatives voted in favour of the investigation shows that the motion was in tandem with the mood of the nation as well as the wishes and aspirations of the Nigerian people.
“The attack on Senator Urhoghide therefore shows the intolerance and deployment of unpatriotic acts by agents of the APC including the invasion of the Senate and forceful removal of mace to intimidate the parliament and destroy our democracy.
“The APC must however come to fact that no amount of attack and intimidation will stop Nigerians in their determination to vote out President Buhari from office come 2019”, PDP said.
Photo: Senator Matthew Urhoghide.
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