The violence according to the Daily Post, broke out in Ekiti local government area of the state over the weekend when the PDP took its campaign to the local government.
The unprecedented violence that followed the PDP’s campaign resulted in the destruction of vehicles, a petrol station among other valuables.
As at the time of writing this report, the APC and the PDP were were involved in accusations and counter accusations as to who was responsible for the melee that occurred.
Ishola Balogun-Fulani State chairman of the APC pointed accusing fingers at the PDP alleging that the party has embarked on a campaign of violence as a means to intimidate members of other parties.
He said: “Within every 24 hours, if APC members are not attacked, billboards sponsored by the APC and its candidates will be destroyed”
“The PDP printed thousands of APC branded T-shirts which have been distributed to PDP thugs across the state, especially within Ilorin metropolis. The PDP thugs have been mobilised to cause widespread violence, including but not limited to destruction of vehicles”
The State chairman of the APC was also joined by Mr. Fatigun Akintoba, the Ekiti council chairman who also alleged that PDP thugs were responsible for the violence at the local government.
He said: “They unleashed mayhem on our community and destroyed APC bill boards mounted at the junction of Obbo-Aiyegunle. They also vandalised several vehicles and caused untold hardship on our people.
Reacting to these allegations, Chief Iyiola Oyedepo, the state PDP chairman denied that his party employs violence as a means of intimidating members of the opposition.
This is not the first time supporters of the PDP and the APC would be enmeshed in violence in recent times, on Monday March 23, in Kaduna state, supporters of both parties also clashed during a one-million-man march for the state governorship candidate of the APC, Malam Nasir El-Rufai.
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