A cross section of Edo State residents have condemned the attack on a frontline governorship aspirant of the Labour Party(LP) in the state, Barrister Kenneth Imansuangbon(aka the Riceman).
Barrister Imansuangbon was attacked last Wednesday at the state secretariat of the LP shortly after he was presented with membership card of the party. He had declared the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), his erstwhile party, dead in the state after he defected from the party.
Hired thugs however stormed the LP secretariat and hurled stones at Imansuangbon who was whisked away by his security details.
Reacting to the shameful occurrence Edo Youths Change Agenda (EYCA) in a statement issued in Benin City fingered the PDP as being behind the attack..It said the PDP knew the defection of Imansuangbon to the LP was the end of its tyrannical rule in the state.
Coordinator of EYCA, Comrade Reuben Imokhena, called on security agencies to carry out investigations into the attack and prosecute the perpetrators.
He said, “The attack is clearly the handiwork of the ruling PDP but they have failed. Imansuangbon is the people’s choice. He is the most popular politician in Edo State today. He is the only man whose activities have touched lives of the ordinary Edo man without any political appointment.
“We are also sending a strong warning to the hirelings. Nobody has monopoly of violence. That we opted to be law abiding does not mean we are scared of them.”
Also, a coalition of artisans and traders in Edo State under the auspices of ‘Skilled Workers for Imansuangbon’ called on opposition political parties to play by the rules.
Chairman of the group, Comrade Imatitikua Egbe, enjoined Imansuangbon not to be afraid to join the Edo State governorship race in 2024.
“They want to scare Imansuangbon out of the race. He left the PDP and the party collapsed which was why they want to stop him,” he submitted.
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