The All Progressives Congress, APC, has raised an alarm over the statement allegedly made by Labour Party, LP, Governorship Candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, on Saturday following allegations that one of LP’s members was killed in Lagos.
He had accused the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Police, in a viral video, of provoking Lagosians and allegedly said they would be held responsible if “Lagos goes up in flames this night, and not him nor his Party.”
Rhodes-Vivour stressed that a lot of places in the State were under attacks by thugs and hooligans of the APC, who intimidated its members from exercising their franchise.
Following this development, the APC, through its Spokesperson, Seye Oladejo, in a Statement said that the attention of the Party has been drawn to Rhodes-Vivour’s statement, and the scaremongering is typical of bad losers who lack the spirit of sportsmanship.
The APC urges security agencies to note Rhodes-Vivour’s threat to set Lagos on fire as his predilection for violence and warmongering is well known to Nigerians.
According to Oladejo, “Should there be any breakdown of law and order in any part of our state, law enforcement agencies should know who to grab – Mr Rhodes-Vivour.
“We are compiling reports of how APC supporters were harassed and attacked today. Some of the reports are really scary.
Now the LP candidate is playing the victim.
“This old trick won’t work; discerning Lagosians know they are all lies deployed to attract sympathy. Our party has no need to be violent because we are sure of the glittering credentials of our candidate Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu who will never be associated with violence.
“We advise LP and its candidate to embrace peace instead of threatening to bring down the roof on everybody. It won’t work”, APC stated.
