The senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has alleged that the purported attack on the state governor, Yahaya Bello’s convoy was a political machination.
Natasha, in a statement issued in Lokoja on Sunday, the reported attack was a smear campaign against the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Murtala Yakubu-Ajaka.
“It is a smear campaign against the Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate, Murtala Yakubu-Ajaka”, she alleged.
She urged the appropriate authorities to investigate the crisis.
She noted that both Bello and Ajaka are already accusing each other of assassination attempt, calling for investigation before it would go out of control.
She recalled further that the attack occurred on June 3 on Lokoja-Abuja highway.
“The attack was a ploy in to implicate Ajaka to be disqualified by INEC in the forthcoming November. 11 governorship election,” she alleged.
But Mr Kingsley Fanwo, the state Commissioner for Information, said that Natasha should better give her testimony to the law enforcement agents than going to the media.
“If she was there when the incident happened, she should better go to the law enforcement agents and give vivid account of what exactly happened.
“But if she wasn’t there, she isn’t fair to either Bello nor Ajaka by this accusation,” Fanwo said.
