The All Progressives Congress has blamed the Peoples Democratic Party for the bomb attack carried out on the office of the Deputy Governor of Rivers State on Tuesday.
The APC made this known after its seventh Interim National Executive Committee regular meeting held yesterday.
The communique issued after the meeting, and signed by the Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande, stated, “The APC held the seventh regular meeting of the Interim National Executive Committee of the party on Tuesday, under the chairmanship of Chief Bisi Akande. Notable party leaders, including General Muhammadu Buhari, Senator Bola Tinubu, Dr Ogbonayya Onu and Senator Ali Modu Sheriff graced the meeting.
“The meeting happily welcomed, for the first time, the Governors of Kano and Rivers states, representatives of the governors of Adamawa, Sokoto and Kwara states and Alhaji Kawu Baraje to the Interim NEC of the APC.
“Sadly, in the course of the meeting, the APC learnt that another deadly attack was perpetrated against the Rivers Government House where the office of the deputy governor was partly destroyed. This and other acts of impunity clearly show the PDP, its agents and governments to be lawless.”
“The APC warns that these acts demonstrate clearly that this government is anti-people, dictatorial and would go to any length to plunge the country into chaos.
“At the conclusion of the meeting: The APC has noted with concern the threats of the PDP to procure a pliant judge to declare the seats of the G-5 governors vacant in spite of the Supreme Court decision in the case of Atiku in 2007. It is of note that several times, governors, including their legislatures from other parties, have decamped from the ANPP and PPA to the PDP even when their former parties were not factionalised without any consequence.
“The APC will not only resist this lawfully, but hereby warns the PDP to desist from words and deeds of impunity that threaten our stability and democracy. We also hope that the judiciary will not be a party to the deliberate promotion of lawlessness and impunity in our country. APC will give its governors and lawmakers the necessary support.”