Awka— FEW hours to the commencement
of the 2019 polls, Anambra State has
recorded some violence in three local
government areas as the various political
parties get set to test their popularity in
tomorrow’s presidential and national
assembly polls.
A member of House of Representatives,
Mr. Gabriel Onyenweife, who defected from
All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, to
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after
failing to secure a ticket of APGA, had one
of the houses in his compound set ablaze,
while 30 motorcycles he assembled for
empowerment were razed.
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Onyenweife is currently the deputy director
of APC campaign council and the attack on
his house is causing tension in his
Ayamelum local government area.
Also, the campaign vehicle of the member
representing Nnewi North, Nnewi South and
Ekwusigo federal constituency, Mr. Chirs
Azubogu, was burnt by unknown persons.
Nnewi is regarded as one of the areas
likely to pose security challenges during the
polls.
Only on Thursday, the divisional police
station at Ajali in Orumba North local
government area of the state was gutted
by fire.
Many policemen were beaten up before the
station was set ablaze, while some vehicles
parked at the station were burnt.
Some detainees at the station were
allegedly released by people suspected to
be members of Indigenous People of
Biafra, IPOB, who moved into station
immediately the fire started.
Source:
www.vanguardngr.com/2019/02/
election-violence-erupts-in-anambra/
