The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday said it has no hand in an assassination attempt on the Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu.
Mr Timi Frank, Acting National Publicity Secretary of APC, in a statement Thursday in Abuja, described as “induced hallucination,’’ the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) allegation that APC was behind the attempt on Ekweremadu’s life.
The PDP spokesman, Chief Olisa Metuh had alleged that the ruling APC plotted to exterminate Ekweremadu and other opposition leaders.
Metuh told newsmen on Wednesday that the lives of key opposition members were endangered.
In his reaction, Frank said it was unfortunate that PDP resorted to cheap blackmail.
He said PDP was yet to purge itself of cheap and manipulative strategies that helped to escort it to the doldrums it is in today.
He said the past 16 years of PDP’s rule saw a Minister, Chief Bola Ige, politicians like Harry Marshall and Funso Williams assassinated with no attempt to unravel the mysteries that surrounded their deaths.
“It would, therefore, be unfortunate for PDP to elevate this strategic act it had perfected over the years to a political art or a propaganda tool,’’ the statement said.
-Vanguard
