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PDP uses Ambulance to
Convey Arms in Ebonyi State
-PDP thug kills himself with own gun
Written by
Ben-Bright
Mkpuma, Abuja
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), having realised that
electoral defeat await them, following their total rejection by
Ebonyi electorates have leashed terror and intimidation, on the
same people they are asking for their votes.
Governor Martin Elechi with his abysmal performance and
dictatorial tendencies in attending to the affairs of the state,
with his Kitchen cabinet has perfected act terror, in a
desperate bid to return to the government House.
Before the botched National Assembly elections last week, the
state has been witnessing serial killings , the political
killing in the state has now taken a new dimension. A
government House source disclosed that Governor Elechi had
earlier directed the entire local government council chairman,
to purchase one ambulance each. The 13 ambulances, which are
supposed to be kept with hospital management, in case of
emergency situation are being used in conveying weapons.
On the botched election day, an eye witness narrated how the
Youths were used freely with arms, against their opponents,
mainly the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) and the APGA. The
state commissioner of health, Dr Sunday Nwangele was caught by
the security agents, while distributing arms and ammunition in
an ambulance. The security agents trailed his sponsors to Abuja
based business magnet and major contractor in the state, of
Abakaliki extraction.
According to the sources, in Ezza, the killer squad is led by
the local government chairman, Mr. Laz Ogbe, Mr. Joe Egede, a
coordinator in of the development centres, Mr. Tobasi Okwuru,
the barely literate preferred PDP candidate of the governor
for House of Representatives. His certificate is said to be
suspicious.
An eye witness further disclosed that at the final campaign
rally of the governor, Mr. Joe Egede brought a larger size of a
bag, popularly known as “Ghana Must Go”, fully loaded with guns,
and openly display it, in an open field, where people at the
rally scrambled for it. One of the beneficiaries, who is also a
PDP thug later killed himself with his own guns, due to
ignorance about its usage where he was drinking with friends.
Another ugly incident occurred at Idembia, in Ezza South, where
four young men led a top PDP official, attacked opposition party
members, at a meeting, said the witness. It was also learnt
that Mr. Laz Ogbeh, on the botched election day moved in a
convoy of armed soldiers, to all the polling booths, in his
Amagu-Amaezekwe ward, where the Soldiers beat up opposition
party members and elderly voters.
Contrary to guidelines on the movement of security personnel
from polling booths, to polling booths, it was gathered that
on the day of the election, the minister, Prof. Onyebuchi, moved
around in the company of security men, who did not only beat and
molested electorates, but openly shared N500 each to every
electorates, urging them to vote for PDP. Similarly, the
deputy of the state, Prof. Chigozie Ogbu went o his Onicha
Local government council, with armed security men who beat up
the voters.
Investigation tends to suggest that the police in the state were
everything, but impartial, especial during the tenure of last
police commissioner.
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