The All Progressives
Congress, APC, has raised the alarm over the safety of its National Chairman,
John Oyegun, and his family after his residence in Abuja was raided in the
early hours of Monday by yet unknown invaders.
In a statement
issued in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed,
the party said while hoping that a police investigation will unravel what
happened, it is either those who attacked the residence at 1.30 am are robbers
or assassins.
It said while Mr.
Oyegun was away attending a previously unscheduled meeting in Abuja when the
invaders struck, his wife who was at home was left deeply traumatized by the
raid.
”The facts of the
raid as available so far point to a sinister motive. For example, only Chief
Oyegun’s room was ransacked in the whole house. Common sense dictates that if
the invaders were robbers, they would have ransacked the whole house in search
of money and other valuables which they might have believed were in the
residence.
”The invaders, two
burly men, removed the window burglar bars to gain access to the residence from
the back, and then made straight for the bedroom of our National Chairman.
Police security was in place at the residence when the incident happened,” APC
said.
The party said
while it does not know who was behind the raid, it is worth noting that the
angry rhetoric and vitriolic personality attacks that have been directed at the
opposition by the top leadership of the ruling PDP and their spokesmen have
heightened tension and put the lives of opposition politicians at risk, ahead
of the forthcoming elections.
It expressed
gratitude to God for saving the lives of the APC National Chairman and his
wife, wondering what would have happened if the Chairman had been home at the
time of the raid.
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