Rise Up And Condemn Edo Attack On Obi, ADC Deputy Guber Candidate Chief Nwobu Urges Tinubu

Rise Up and Condemn Edo Attack on Obi - ADC Deputy Guber Candidate, Chief Nwobu, Urges Tinubu

Awka: Obiorah Anthony Ugwonwa.

The Deputy Governorship Candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the recent governorship election in Anambra State, Chief Ndubuisi Nwobu, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to rise up and condemn in its entirety, the recent attack on the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, in Benin, Edo State.

Chief Nwobu made the appeal in Awka, the Anambra State capital on Wednesday , while having a  chat with newsmen on the ugly incident.

The ADC Deputy Governorship Candidate, who said that politics should be played with decency and decorum, expressed dismay over the arising attacks on opposition parties in the country.

'It's most unfortunate our politics has degenerated to this level.

'A situation whereby other political parties start getting intimidated that they can't go out and canvass for support from the populace is most regrettable.

'Under the People's Democratic Party, PDP, government over the years, the oppositions were allowed the latitude to speak out to canvass for support.

'But what we're seeing under the All Progressives Congress, APC led Federal Government today is that they want to stiffen all the voices of the oppositions.

'We're in a country where we're battling with insecurity as a result of terrorism and all manner of insurgency, and instead of the government focusing on combating these myriads of insecurity which have even led to the United States of America coming to intervene, they are much more interested in recruiting terrorists within the political space.

'This is most unfortunate, and I urge the Federal Government under the leadership of President Ahmed  Bola Tinubu to immediately rise up and condemn the act as a father of a nation, and President, who is the President of all, not of the APC. 

'He should rise to the occasion and condemn this development that is rearing its ugly head in the politics of this nation. 

'It started under his watch. It happened when El-rufai wanted to hold a meeting of the ADC in Kaduna. It happened in some other activities of the ADC all over the country in an effort to intimidate, harass, or a kind of getting them not to hold their meetings,' Chief Nwobu said, pointing  out that the situation is not in the best interest of democracy.

While thanking God for saving Mr Obi and most people in his entourage from the ugly incident, Nwobu prayed for quick recovery of those who were injured in the incident.

'Secondly, we pray that this madness will not rise its ugly head again under this democratic process,' Nwobu said.

He advised that people should understand that democracy entails people's will as overriding factor in democratic setting all over the world, adding that people should be allowed to freely choose their leaders.

'It's only a leader that is chosen by the  people that can really be accountable to them.

'I believe that politics should be played without bitterness, and I urge other politicians to maintain same ", he said.