Senator Andy Uba
Killing of APC chieftain, Oforma, politically motivated – Andy Uba
[From CHINEDU NWAFOR, Abakaliki]
Governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 6 Anambra Governorship election, Senator Andy Uba said the killing of Mr. Somadina Oforma, a chieftain of APC was politically motivated.
A statement issued by Uba’s campaign organization in Awka, asked Governor Willie Obiano and security agencies to urgently take steps to curb the worsening insecurity in the state.
“The brutal killing of Somadina Oforma, an All Progressives Congress (APC), member on Sunday, September 26, 2021, was an obviously politically motivated murder and one too many.”
Late Oforma was reportedly shot dead inside the APC office at Uruagu Ward 3, Nnewi North Local Government Area of the State, while holding a meeting with other party faithful.
Other members of the at the meeting also sustained varying degrees of injuries.
“We recall that, on July 31, 2021 at Oba, Idemili South LGA, unknown gunmen, operating in similar fashion, accosted and killed Mr. Cosmas Eze, our party’s acting Assistant Secretary for the local government area, and dispossessed him of the APC branded Sienna vehicle he was driving. The late Mr. Eze hailed from Akwu Ukwu in the same council area.
“The seemingly targeted attack on the APC was to go a notch higher, when on Saturday, September 10, 2021 the traditional ruler of Mkpunando in Anambra East LGA, Igwe Alex Edozieuno, and his driver, Chukwuemeka, were waylaid and killed.
“It is instructive to note that the late Igwe Edozieuno had one month before his brutal death joined the APC, after being deposed by the Obiano administration.
“Whilst not imputing any direct motive to these attacks, we are however constrained to observe that our party, the APC, has borne the brunt of majority of them, leaving us to wonder when political contest in Anambra State degenerated to the point of opposition party members living in fear.
“We, therefore, call on Governor Obiano, as the Chief Security Officer of the state, and other law enforcement agencies, including the police, the Department of State Security Services (DSS) and the civil defence corps, to urgently take steps to halt the growing reign of terror in our state.
“For a start, Governor Obiano must rein in his party men and women who take recourse to a campaign of hate, by selling the false and misleading narrative that the APC is a Fulani party.
“Across various social media platforms of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, the favourite pass time, in the face of lack of achievements to showcase, is the unabashed spread of a campaign of calumny against the APC.
“Yet, our party in the state is made-up of true sons and daughters of Anambra Senator Andy Uba Governorship Campaign Organisation (SAUGCO).
“The APC’s resolve to salvage our state from the cocoon of isolationism remains unshaken – a fact attested to by the daily stream of new entrants into our fold from diverse platforms,” the statement read.
