The Accord party in Oyo State has called for a high-powered investigation into the attack that led to the killing of a policeman and wounding of others after an attack by thugs at a rally of the All Progressives Congress in Ibadan on Friday.
In a release signed by Prince Dotun Oyelade, Accord said that for a party that brandishes peaceful reign as its cardinal achievement in four years, the unprovoked killing of a policeman and random shooting to intimidate by hired thugs barely 12 weeks before the next election is a danger sign that must be stopped.
The statement decried as awful and insensitive, the trip to the United Kingdom by Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State just hours after the state capital was thrown into panic by party members.
“Under no circumstance should the Chief security officer of the state abdicate his major role and go on a leisure cruise abroad while Ibadan was literally burning,” Accord said in the statement.
Accord party recalled that four days ago, the serial violence between two warring political gladiators in the Akinyele/Lagelu Federal Constituency led to the injuring of scores of people and properties worth millions of naira destroyed.
With the top echelon of the APC threatening unimaginable violence and parallel government if they fail to win at the centre, the statement said that it is little wonder that the party at the state level is gearing up to foist more violence if this attack is swept under the carpet.
Accord commiserated with the officers and men of the Nigeria Police over the development.