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Edo APC Meeting Turns Violent: Woman Leader And Husband Hospitalized After Attack
Edo APC Meeting Turns Violent: Woman Leader And Husband Hospitalized After Attack....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
A meeting convened on Saturday to install a former federal lawmaker, Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma, as the ‘Apex Leader’ of the All Progressives Congress in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government in Edo State turned violent as thugs attacked those who attended.
Hardly had the meeting started when the suspected hoodlums and political thugs struck, inflicting injuries on those present, with the woman leader of the local government and her husband currently hospitalized.
They also damaged vehicles and chairs and carted drinks and other items away from the venue of the meeting, which took place on Dumez Road in Benin, the Edo State capital.
Speaking to journalists shortly after the attack, Agbonayinma said, “The APC local government chairman, Sunny Ogbewe, called me that the leaders of Ikpoba-Okha were coming to meet with me to rub minds with me on the way forward for the party in the local government area.
“However, it was a sad story. People who are close to me led many others to the venue, destroyed, and beat up the woman leader and her husband. Both of them are in the hospital as I speak.
“They also vandalized vehicles, broke chairs and tables, and carted away drinks. This is not how politics should be played. Going violent and beating up elderly persons?
“For some time, the people of the local government have been appealing to me to come and take a leadership position. But I have not shown interest because of what I have gone through. I lost my son and I am still going through trauma.
“They came here to appeal to me to be the apex leader of Ikpoba-Okha.”
Agbonayinma, while addressing the meeting after security was beefed up at the venue, vowed that those who carried out the attack “will pay dearly for all they have destroyed” even as he disclosed that the attackers also left with a generating set brought to power equipment for the meeting.
He said it was tough for him to accept the honor the APC members of the local government bestowed on him to be their “Apex leader.”
“This opportunity given to me, I will not take it for granted. I will not disappoint you,” he said, adding that he would consult before making decisions, urging party members to respect their leaders at all levels.
Participants at the meeting condemned the attackers and called for severe sanctions to serve as a deterrent to others who might want to take such action in the future.
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