The All Progressives Congress, APC, has picked holes in the reaction of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, to the position of the Enugu State Government on the airport and party secretariat incidents involving the NDC at the weekend.
The party said that “persons and institutions that lay claim to integrity should be able to admit their mistakes, confess their transgressions, and apologise to the people.”
The Enugu NDC had, at a press conference addressed on its behalf by Emmanuel Chukwujekwu Nebo, in Enugu faulted some of the positions of the Enugu State Government on the weekend incident as were marshalled by the Secretary to the Enugu State Government (SSG), Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, on Sunday.
Principally, the NDC claimed that it had only planned an airport reception for its governorship candidate, Chinyeaka Ohaa, not a ‘Grand Statewide Campaign Flag-off’ at the airport as stated by the government.
The party added that it notified various law enforcement agencies of its plans and made payments to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).
On the alleged shooting at NDC’s state secretariat, the party said that the NDC was “still verifying the final medical status of all injured persons.”
However, responding to NDC, the state Publicity Secretary of Enugu State chapter of the APC, Chief Uche Obute, insisted the NDC must tender unreserved apologies to the people of Enugu and Nigerians in general “for lying to them for political gains.”
“The question is: since the NDC was still verifying the final medical status of person or persons injured in their party fracas, how come they declared and observed a minute’s silence to mourn the living?
“The answer is simple: it was true to the factionalised Enugu NDC’s pattern to orchestrate violence among themselves and attribute it to Enugu APC to extract cheap political capital.
“It is also a validation of the commonly held view among the people that the Enugu State NDC and their governorship candidate, Chinyeaka Ohaa, would stop at nothing in their quest for power,” Obute said.
The party’s spokesman equally faulted NDC’s claim that it only planned to hold an airport reception, not a mega rally.
Supporting the party’s position with a screenshot of a Facebook post by NDC’s governorship candidate, Chinyeaka Ohaa, Obute said, “Promotional materials and posts by Ohaa clearly read, ‘Grand Statewide Campaign Flag-off 2026. Date: Saturday, 10th October 2026; Venue: Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu; Time: 9:00am,’” he added.
The party commended the Governor Peter Mbah Administration for upholding the freedom and democratic rights of the good people of Enugu State, irrespective of political affiliation.
“Rather than stoking political tension to undermine the security and peace built by the Mbah Administration, we advise the Enugu opposition parties to present their manifestoes and campaign on them,” he stated.
‘Apologise for lying to Nigerians, observing minute silence for the living’ – Enugu APC tackles NDC