The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has raised the alarm over an attack on the party’s national spokesperson, Ikenga Ugochinyere, in Imo State.
The CUPP said Ugochinyere’s house was surrounded and being shot at while he and his supporters were under serious gun attacks.
The party said this in a statement issued on Saturday by its national co-spokesperson, Mark Adebayo.
Adebayo stated that he had received several text messages from Ugochinyere, who is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives candidate for Ideato Federal Constituency in Imo State, and called on all security agencies to ensure the protection of the candidate.
He stated: “I have received disturbing texts from my colleague, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, that he and his supporters are under attack and his house being shot into and about to be set ablaze.
“Nigerians would remember that an aide to the incumbent Imo State Governor recently threatened Ikenga for which the latter raised alarm about his safety. One would have expected the police authorities to invite the persons involved and thorough investigation carried out with a view to arresting and prosecuting the culprit but nothing like that has happened. As I speak, I can’t reach my colleague again after sending those desperate messages.
“Should anything happen to Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, we shall hold the Imo State Governor and his aides responsible for it. I’m immediately filing an official petition with the international community on this dastardly development which I condemn in its entirety and I call on the IGP to send in his men to rescue my colleague and his people immediately. Every second counts now.”
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