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Rivers APC Mourns Nine Members Killed In Port Harcourt
The All Progressives Congress in Rivers state has declared a week of mourning for nine of its members who were killed in two separate incidents in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, on March 8, 2015.
The party said in its statement that five of the men were killed in the D-Line area of Port Harcourt, while other four met their untimely deaths along the Eastern By-Pass in the Marine Base area of the state capital.
According to PM News, the statement was issued by Rivers APC chairman, Dr Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, on Tuesday in Port Harcourt.
“Rivers APC condemns the killing of these innocent men without reservations. That only APC members were targeted in the two incidents indicates that these are politically motivated murders targeted at reducing our membership strength ahead of the 2015 elections,” Ikanya said.
“We are deeply shocked and saddened by the death of these innocent men and regard them as martyrs of our nascent democracy. We wish to assure those they have left behind that these party faithful will be celebrated and mourned accordingly. Their deaths will strengthen us the more to ensure that evil men are not allowed to govern our state again.”
The state APC chairman called on party members throughout the state to use this Sunday, March 15, to pray in various churches for the souls of the deceased.
“We owe them this honour even as we strive to honour them the more by ensuring that their dream of landslide victory for our great party in the forthcoming general elections is realised,” he said.
Ikanya urged the Peoples Democratic Party in the state and its supporters to desist from violence as no amount of violent acts would save the party from losing during the upcoming general elections in the state.
Meanwile, hundreds of supporters of the PDP and those of the APC early on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, barricaded the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission along the Aba/Port Harcourt road
The party said in its statement that five of the men were killed in the D-Line area of Port Harcourt, while other four met their untimely deaths along the Eastern By-Pass in the Marine Base area of the state capital.
According to PM News, the statement was issued by Rivers APC chairman, Dr Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, on Tuesday in Port Harcourt.
“Rivers APC condemns the killing of these innocent men without reservations. That only APC members were targeted in the two incidents indicates that these are politically motivated murders targeted at reducing our membership strength ahead of the 2015 elections,” Ikanya said.
“We are deeply shocked and saddened by the death of these innocent men and regard them as martyrs of our nascent democracy. We wish to assure those they have left behind that these party faithful will be celebrated and mourned accordingly. Their deaths will strengthen us the more to ensure that evil men are not allowed to govern our state again.”
The state APC chairman called on party members throughout the state to use this Sunday, March 15, to pray in various churches for the souls of the deceased.
“We owe them this honour even as we strive to honour them the more by ensuring that their dream of landslide victory for our great party in the forthcoming general elections is realised,” he said.
Ikanya urged the Peoples Democratic Party in the state and its supporters to desist from violence as no amount of violent acts would save the party from losing during the upcoming general elections in the state.
Meanwile, hundreds of supporters of the PDP and those of the APC early on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, barricaded the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission along the Aba/Port Harcourt road
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