Some alleged APC thugs on Tuesday, allegedly attacked one
Prince Aondona Isaka, a stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
in Benue State.
It was gathered that the supposed thugs numbering over ten
beat up Isaka at the Yagba area of North-Bank, Markurdi where he had
gone to sit out for leisure with some friends.
Below is a press statement issued by Bemgba Iortyom, State Publicity Secretary, PDP, Benue State:
A short while ago a stalwart of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) in Benue State, Prince Aondona Isaka, was attacked and badly
injured by a group of thugs he identified as loyalists of Benue State
Governor, Samuel Ortom.
He was rushed covered in blood to the Emergency Unit of the
General Hospital, Makurdi, for treatment for the injuries inflicted on
him by his assailants.
Prince Isaka, a former Coordinator of the PDP Social Media
Team, was attacked by the thugs numbering over ten at the Yagba area of
North-Bank where he had gone to sit out for leisure with some friends.
He identified some of the thugs personally and they were
led on the mission by one Raymond Nago Asema, the same person who was
identified to Gov. Ortom by humanitarian worker, Ukan Kurugh, as one of
those that had assaulted him at the IDPs camp recently.
Raymond Nago Asema, Nyiar Dura and other thugs are well
known to Gov. Ortom, and this much he attested to when he called them
publicly by name when Ukan Kurugh had in tears reported to him that
those fellows had physically assaulted and injured him.
At that occasion, Gov. Ortom had told Ukan Kurugh to choose between forgiving those thugs or reporting them to the police.
Today same thugs continued on their vocation by attacking
Prince Aondona Isaka, and according to eyewitness accounts, they had
warned him to desist from writing unfavourable things against Gov. Ortom
whom they boasted is their father, before they descended on him
inflicting injuries on him with beer bottles.
This is most unfortunate and barbaric to say the least,
even as it is just another confirmation of the jungle the administration
of Samuel Ortom has turned Benue State into.
From a scandalously failed amnesty programme Benue has been
saddled with assassinations, kidnappings, and crime rate on an
unprecedented scale, and now the situation has morphed into open
assaults on opposition members by thugs boldly professing loyalty to the
government of the day.
The PDP as a responsible organisation, one which believes
in the rule of law, will explore all lawful avenues to address such acts
of impunity and barbarism against its members.
While doing so we will continue to expose the fraudulence
and incompetence of the APC controlled Ortom regime, this being a sacred
duty we owe the people.
It is our faith that the largest army of thugs APC may
recruit to assault and harass citizens will still be powerless against
the verdict of the people at the next round of elections where this
fraudulent regime will be roundly rejected.
The matter has since been reported to the police and we demand justice.
