Okowa Plotting To Cause Mayhem With APC Branded Vehicles – Party Alleges

Delta State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged a plot by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to use its branded vehicles to cause mayhem in the state ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Okowa is the running mate to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. 

The APC is accusing the sitting governor of planning to rubbish the integrity of its party for his political gain.

Naija News understands that the allegation is contained in a statement signed and made available to newsmen on Tuesday by Delta State APC Publicity Secretary, E.V. Onojeghuo.

The statement reads: “This information has become necessary and important; hence we thought it proper to alert the general public.

“The branded vehicles, made in the semblance of colours and logos of the APC, are hidden in the premises of the Premium Trust Bank, along Maryam Babaginda Way, Asaba. The bank is believed to belong to the Okowa family.

“The intention of Okowa and the PDP is to use these vehicles for thuggery, inflict harm and injuries on innocent citizens, to bring public opprobrium and hate upon the APC, as we approach the general elections.”

APC said Okowa was desperate to do anything having realized that the PDP will suffer a landslide defeat in the forthcoming election.

The statement said: “Having realized that the people of Delta State have finally rejected the PDP and by extension, his vice presidential ambition, Gov. Okowa and his hirelings, have now resorted to sinister schemes to arm-twist voters in the State, through creating a false sense of insecurity amongst the people. This, he hopes, will turn voters against our great Party.

“The Delta State APC by this press statement, notifies the general public and all security agencies operating in the state, that as a law-abiding political party, we will not succumb to wicked and cheap blackmail, nor gangsterism. Infact, we do not subscribe or tolerate criminal actions that would create insecurity and a breakdown of law and order in the State.”

The APC urged the security agencies to take its  alarm seriously and act swiftly to forestall and crush any breakdown of law and order by Governor Okowa and the PDP in the state.