All Progressives Congress Campaign Council for the Edo Governorship Election, on Friday, raised the alarm over the circulation of small arms and light weapons in the state ahead of the September 19 election.
Vice-Chairman, Communication and Publicity Committee of the council, Patrick Obahiagbon, made the allegation at a press briefing in Abuja.
Obahiagbon, who was flanked by the Committee Chairman, John Mayaki, also accused the Peoples Democratic Party of importing political thugs from neighbouring states.
He said it was disappointing that firearms were now being freely distributed and used by thugs as if they were “political chewing gums.”
PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, had at a press conference in Abuja, on Thursday, accused the APC of plotting to mount pressure on the Independent National Electoral Commission to postpone the election.
Secondus had warned that the PDP would not accept the postponement of the election.
But Obahiagbon dismissed insinuations that the APC was pushing for a postponement of an election it was “poised to win.”
