Akpata Accuses Edo Deputy Governor Of Sending Thugs To Invade LP Secretariat
“However, we are asking the government in power, we’re asking them very nicely to please stay clear from Labour Party, don‘t come here, we have no room for you.
“This minion who used to be our youth leader, our suspended youth leader working with the deputy governor arrived this premises with officers of the Edo Security Networks, and arrived this premises with police officers attached to government house. “When bird cry for night, pikin die for money, you will forgive me for making certain conclusions.
“So, we are sending a note of warning to those who are orchestrating this confusion that confusion does not exist here in Labour Party. We are clear in our minds where we’re going, Osadebey Avenue direct.
“We will play the game according to the roles and we are calling them to do the same thing, Labour Party is not push over.
“I want to align with Mr. Chairman that we would employ all avenues provided by the law to ensure that these miscreants, those who invaded our secretariat, those who assaulted our staff are brought to book, anything we need to do within the confined of the law, we will use them do example to know that next time ‘dem no go try am’.”
While assuring that LP is resolute that this will not happen again, the governorship candidate noted that the party is ready for election. “We ought to go and be ready too so that we will meet ourselves on the field. All these wen dey do is ‘IGG’ – ‘initial gra gra’. We go no were, no shaking.
“We send a message to our former comrade. The other day, we did fitness work, they now came up that they are about to organise what they called ‘Marvelously Obedient fitness work. We are encouraging our former comrade, dey your lane make we dey our lane, you cannot use us to shine.
“The height that he reached in Labour Party was as a result of the support he have from the people. We wish him well in his five months tenure as Deputy Governor. You cannot destroy Labour Party, so dey your dey make we dey our dey”.
When a call was to the Chief Press Secretary to Deputy Governor of Edo State, Mr. Victor Adefemi, on the allegation levelled against his boss, he promised to get back to us.