The governorship applicant of the Labour Party for the November 11 governorship acclamation in Imo state, Attan Achonu, on Sunday, accused the badge of advancing him and his accompany while on his way to abbey in the Owerri North Local Government Breadth of the state.
Briefing journalists in Owerri, on Sunday afternoon, Achonu said he was at Peter’s Anglican Abbey in Obibiezena association to appear its synod, accepting accustomed an allurement from the abbey but surprisingly, policemen with thugs allegedly attacked him and prevented him and his accompany from accepting admission to the abbey premises.
He said that the policemen told him that he would not be accustomed admission to the abbey bounds because the accompaniment governor, Hope Uzodimma, who is the governorship applicant of the All Progressive Congress, was at the abbey service.
Achonu said that he confronted the policemen and questioned why he should be chock-full from admiration God in his state, but the policemen calm with some thugs attacked his accompany and attempt at his vehicles.
He showed journalists as bullets riddled his vehicles, adage that the act was a brash plan to abuse him and abash him and his advance organisation from alive appear his achievement on November 11.
He said that the administrator of the Tiger abject assemblage of the accompaniment badge command led the allegation adjoin him, adage that the administrator banned to acquiesce him to access the abbey alike aback the accompaniment Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Berde, batten to him on the phone.
Achonu said, “Today, I was attacked by policemen calm with thugs alive for the APC. Myself and my supporters were attacked and gunshots were accursed at us. We were at St. Peter’s Anglican Abbey at Obibiezena in Owerri North to appear a abbey service.
“I was appropriately arrive by the abbey to appear its assemblage but policemen stationed Armored Personnel Carriers and thugs. They said I was not activity to be accustomed to access the church, that the governor was admiration there.
“I confronted them and asked them why I should be chock-full from admiration God in my own accompaniment artlessly because the governor is there. I alleged the Director of the DSS who alleged the accompaniment Commissioner of Badge who batten to one administrator Ola, who actually abandoned the Commissioner of Police. A lower-ranking administrator disobeying a Commissioner of Police! I accept not apparent this one before.
“I confronted them but my wife captivated me and I was with a woman, I had to obey her. We angry our cartage and went home. They attacked my agent and attempt at them. If not that my cars were bulletproof, there would accept been casualties.
“I appetite to put the President of Nigeria and all Nigerians on apprehension about what Hope Uzodimma is application the badge and thugs to do in Imo State. They appetite to abate us but I am added emboldened to advance this change. I am arch the change to deliver my people.
“Imo bodies should appear out and vote Labour Party and avert their votes so that we will booty aback our state. I am blessed that everybody has ashamed Labour Party in Imo Accompaniment and we are alive appear accepting the Imo Accompaniment of our dreams.”
When contacted, the agent for the Badge in Imo State, Henry Okoye, said that the badge didn’t advance Achonu or his vehicles.
The badge agent said “Nobody attacked the Labour Party candidate. We alone brash him not to advance in the breadth at the aforementioned time the APC applicant was advancement in the breadth to abstain a affray of interests and accessible breakdown of law and adjustment in the state.
“The Labour Party applicant didn’t acquaint us about his advance in the breadth but the APC applicant abreast us and we were there to accommodate security. The Commissioner of Badge advises political players in the accompaniment to stop misinforming the public. This misinformation is able of ascent things which may advance to breakdown of law and adjustment in Imo state.”
The agent for the APC in the state, Cajetan Duke, said that the LP applicant was ambiguous the accessible because he had apparent that the APC would ambit the poll on November 11.
He said that the APC was not beat by the distractions of the action parties as it would abide to advance in all genitalia of the accompaniment till the aftermost day of the advance as accustomed by the Independent National Electoral Commission.