Abia State PPA secretariat bombed

Abia State PPA secretariat bombed

Chairman of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA), Abia State, Prince Emeka Okafor has accused the Abia state government and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of masterminding the explosion that rocked the party secretariat in Umuahia on Sunday evening.

Addressing journalists on Monday Prince Okafor said the incident was not the first time PPA office and personnel have been attacked but thanked God that no life was lost.

“We suspect our landlord, the Abia state government and PDP. They destroyed our party office in Umuokpara. We reported the matter to the police and nothing happened. They went about the city of Umuahia saying that PPA was dead. They even placed a coffin at the secretariat. They have destroyed our posters and billboards in Aba,” he said.

Okafor said he was informed of the explosion at about 7pm on Sunday and that the fire was put out by sympathizers who were close by.

He alleged that the explosion was caused by a locally made improvised explosive device put in two paint tins connected with a motorcycle battery.

Prince Okafor said upon the discovery, he invited a police patrol team which confirmed the items as explosive and took the tins away. He said the anti-bomb unit had come to the scene and investigation was still ongoing.

When the state police command spokesman ASP Geoffrey Ogbonna was contacted, he said he was yet to get the signal.