VIDEO: Tinubu's Posters allegedly torn in Nsukka as violence erupts in APC rally

Sporadic gunshots reportedly rented the air during an All Progressives Congress, APC, rally at Opi-Nsukka, on Saturday.

Report also had it that President Bola Tinubu's Posters were torn and the rally dispersed three times, while conopies, seats and tables were also pulled down and broken before the APC members regrouped and held the rally successfully.

A former governorship aspirant and former commissioner for Housing in Enugu state, Mr. Peter Okonkwo, accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of mastermind of the attack, alleging that the state controlled neighborhood watch and forest guard personal were used to effect the violence.

The incident coincidentally took place the same day that Governor Peter Mbah was in Nsukka to inaugurate 5,000 shops international market and commissioning of road projects in the university town.

Speaking at the reconvened rally, Okonkwo said, "let me officially tell you that Enugu state government militia known as Neighbourhood Watch, known as Forest Guard, attacked this gathering here three times today. They came the first time they attacked us, we were so resilient, we regrouped again and came back. They attacked us, we were so resilient and we are here again. They destroyed properties worth millions in this attack, they assaulted people, they wounded people, they were shooting double-barreled guns against our people.

“The poster of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was torn to pieces, defaced and destroyed. They are attacking us with the state militia because we insisted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must do his second term. Are we shifting ground? Nooo! Let me send a loud message and clearly, the state government should be prepared to attack us more. The more they attack us, the more we go for President Ahmed Tinubu, the more they shoot at us with double-barreled guns, the more we go for Bola Ahmed Tinubu. After three consecutive attacks and this teeming population here, these masses, these women still came back to this arena to support the second tenure of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“Hon Minister, if you get back, tell Mr. President that the Nsukka zone of Enugu state is willing to take more bullets for him…”

Leaders of the APC in Enugu State who were at the rally condemned attack on party members and destruction of canopies and plastic seats by alleged agents of the PDP.

The party leaders included the Minister of Innovation Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji; the state party chairman, Barr Ugochukwu Agballah; three members of the House of Representatives: Hon Sunday Umeha (Udi/Ezeagu), Hon. Chimobi Atu (Enugu North/Enugu South), Hon. Prof. Paul Nnamchi (Enugu East/Isiguzo).

They gave the Enugu State government and the PDP 24 hours to Condemn or admit responsibility for the unprovoked attack.

Despite the attacks, the party leaders rallied members to receive more than 1000 decampees from PDP, Labour Party (LP), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), African Democratic Party (ADP) and Young Progressives Party (YPP) into the APC.

The Minister, Nnaji, praised the determination of people of Nsukka and the defectors for standing their ground, and assured the defectors that their decision to join APC was the best decision they have taken politically.

Chief Nnaji said, “somebody inherited a vibrant party like PDP and within two years he destroyed PDP and is now trying to defect to another party.”

The state chairman of APC, Ugochukwu Agballah decried what he described as the same pattern of attack, recalling that the party was similarly attacked at Aboh in Udi local government and Ogrute in Igbo-Eze North local government area respectively and in each case, the party had to change the venue of their reception rally; noting that this time around, they resisted the attackers and remained at the venue.

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