Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has been accused of sealing the Labour Party (LP)’s office in Awka, the State capital.
The action, according to the report, was carried out on Tuesday without notice, warning, or any form of engagement with the LP.
A statement issued by the State Secretary of the LP, C J Okoli Akirika Esq alleged that the agents of the Anambra State Government accompanied by men dressed in soldiers uniform stormed the LP Anambra State office and in a maniacal, frenzied and frenetic commando like operation, the statement read, chased away the staff in the office and sealed the place.
“It was rather unfortunate, bizarre, and brazen that the Anambra State Government, which is fruitlessly seeking to truncate statutorily emplaced procedures to select local government Chairmen and Councillors in the deviously convoluted local government election, is now mindlessly resorting to underhand, illegal and obnoxious intimidation.
“While appealing to teeming LP members, supporters, sympathizers, stakeholders and Ndi Anambra in general, the State leadership of our great Labour Party shall, as law abiding Anambrarians, have recourse to due process to contain and checkmate this unprovoked and untrammeled illegality, “it concluded.
When contacted, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Political Matters, Dr Alex Obiogbolu said it was an issue between the Housing Corporation and the landlord of the place and had nothing to do with Mr Governor.
“Every small thing they call the Governor, “he said.
