APC Condemns Upsurge Of Kidnapping In Rivers

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, has described as condemnable and unacceptable, the recent upsurge in assassination and kidnapping in the state.
“This upsurge started with assassination of an APC councillor and kidnapping of three PDP chieftains. With the kidnapping of popular On-Air Personality with Wazobia FM, Port Harcourt, Mr. Anthony Akatakpo, famously called Akas Baba, after his home was attacked in the early hours of  last Thursday, the situation appears to be getting out of hand,” the APC said in a statement issued by the State Interim Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya.
The statement said: “We are aware of the efforts made by the administration of Governor Chibuike Amaechi to make this ugly trend history until the present PDP leadership in the state started promoting insecurity in its bid to destabilise the state following the rejection of the party by Rivers people as demonstrated by the defection of Governor Amaechi and most other Rivers people to APC.
“We strongly condemn this upsurge in crime, and wish to urge the new Commissioner of Police, Tunde Ogunsakin, to see this as a challenge that must be arrested. We suspect that this new wave of insecurity is being sponsored by the promoters of the redeployed controversial Mbu Joseph Mbu in order to justify their failed campaign for the elongation of his evil stay in Rivers on the argument that during his stay, we were not witnessing any assassination or kidnapping. We have strong faith in the capability of Ogunsakin to rise to the occasion and restore state-wide security.
The party also demanded “the immediate release of Akas Baba”, as according to the APC, “the man has done much to ease tension among our people under the strangulating economic woes arising from the poor management of our economy by the incompetent PDP at the centre.
“This request for the immediate release of Akas Baba becomes imperative to facilitate his treatment for the injury he sustained in the course of this unfortunate kidnapping.
The APC regretted that “Akas Baba was beaten and shot in the leg by the kidnappers in the presence of his children and wife, despite cooperating with his attackers. This very violent act still leaves Akas Baba’s family in great trauma”.