Ekiti Election; Labour Party Chairman Says APC Is A Violent Party

The National Chairman of Labour Party, Dan Nwanyanwu, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of being a violent party that could be blamed for the violence in the country.

The mega rally of the Labour Party in Ikere Ekiti, towards the June governorship election in the state, ended in violence with both parties involved pointing accusing fingers.

Nwanyanwu, who was present mega rally in Ikere Ekiti, said that the event went on very smoothly but while he was addressing the crowd, the APC thugs broke into the venue of their mega rally and started fomenting trouble.

He alleged that after the rally the men came back to attack the party supporters and in the process destroyed three cameras belonging to a television station – African Independent Television – whose crew was there to transmit the event.

He alleged that the said hoodlums attacked the TV crew, stabbed Labour Party supporters, and thereafter ran to one of APC’s offices in a location not related to the rally venue and broke windows to create the impression that it was the Labour Party that did it.

Contrary to allegations, Nwanyanwu maintained that his party supporters went to the rally without weapons and could not have been responsible for the violence.

Nwanyanwu accused the party of being a violent party adding that they were suspects in the state of insecurity in the country; “APC is known to be lying, they can lie, they are known as liars and they will continue to lie.”

He said that APC was causing trouble because they had seen the signs that they would lose the Ekiti governorship election.

Dan Nwanyanwu spoke via the telephone on Channels Television’s Sunday evening programme, Politics Today.