APC, PDP trade words over destruction of campaign billboards

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By Ariwodola Idowu
#TrackNigeria: The Ekiti chapters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have disagreed over those responsible for the destruction of  campaign billboards in the state.

The PDP on Tuesday  alleged that the ruling APC was  sponsoring thugs to destroy  the campaign billboards of its candidates, an allegation the APC swiftly denied.

The PDP made the allegation at a news conference in Ado-Ekiti addressed by  its Ekiti Central Senatorial District candidate, Mr Obafemi Adewale.

He  alleged  that some hoodlums loyal to the APC  on Monday removed the  campaign materials.

Adewale, a former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Ekiti State, described  the destruction of campaign materials as a rude shock to his party and an  unwholesome development.

” We found out that only the materials for me and other candidates of the PDP were so vandalised by these hoodlums

” We also observed that none of the materials of the APC  were vandalised  and this unequivocally establishes the fact that it was done by either members of APC or criminals sympathetic to APC,’’ he said.

The APC, however, responded  that certain aggrieved members of the PDP were behind the incident.

The Director of the Buhari/Osinbajo Campaign Council in Ekiti, Chief Tai Oguntayo, dismissed PDP’s allegations against the APC  as ridiculous and baseless.

He said it was a well known fact that the PDP in the state was already  divided with  aggrieved members capable of doing anything, including destruction  of campaign billboards,  to register their protest. (NAN)

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