The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the senator representing the Edo North senatorial district, Adams Oshiomhole, of fabricating an attack on him and the Minister for Niger Delta Development, Abubakar Momoh, in the state.

The Edo PDP said the alleged attack was instigated by Oshiomhole, a former governor of the state, to intimidate voters and manipulate the September 21, 2024, governorship election in the state.

The party added that the alleged attack was a plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to instigate a police state ahead of the forthcoming gubernatorial election.

The Edo PDP, in a statement on Friday, September 6, said Oshiomhole was neither attacked nor harassed as being claimed.

The party stated: “We are hearing that Oshiomhole and the minister of Niger Delta were attacked in Edo North. We are shocked to hear such a fabrication as we know that nothing like that happened, so the rumour or whatever it is is a complete fabrication.

“At best we know that it is all part of the plot by the APC to instigate a police state that will allow them to manipulate the election.

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“You remember that a former APC vice-chairman, Chief Francis Inegbeniki who recently dumped the APC because of their candidate has also revealed that while he was in the APC the party had been plotting to rig the election. We believe that this is part of the plot.

“We can assure Oshiomhole and the few people following him that Edo is safe and we challenge his candidate to go anywhere to speak on what he wants to do for Edo.”

The statement further quoted the PDP governorship candidate in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo, as expressing concern over what he alleged as bias by the police against his supporters.

Ighodalo, while speaking on Arise News Television on Thursday evening, alleged that several of his supporters had been arrested some for weeks without being charged to court.

He said: “In the last couple of weeks, the police have been arresting our supporters without basis.

“The principle of the law is that if you arrest somebody you should charge them to court within 24 hours and if you don’t find anything to charge them, you release them.”

The Star