{"id":345902,"date":"2011-03-28T23:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T23:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/28\/pdp-plans-trumped-up-charges-against-acn-candidates-%e2%80%93-akpatason\/"},"modified":"2011-03-28T23:00:06","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T23:00:06","slug":"pdp-plans-trumped-up-charges-against-acn-candidates-akpatason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/28\/pdp-plans-trumped-up-charges-against-acn-candidates-akpatason\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP plans trumped up charges against ACN candidates \u2013 Akpatason"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BY SIMON EBEGBULEM<\/strong><\/p>\n

BENIN \u2013 THE Edo North senatorial candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and former President of the
National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, Mr Peter Akpatason, weekend, raised fresh alarm
over alleged plans by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to file frivolous charges against ACN candidates in
the state so as to distract them ahead\u00a0 of weekend\u2019s National Assembly elections.<\/p>\n

Briefing newsmen in Benin City, Edo State, yesterday,\u00a0 Akpatason and Deacon Domingo Obende,\u00a0\u00a0 said that it was
clear that the PDP in the state was \u201cbecoming too desperate.\u201d Deacon Obende, who read a joint statement by the
ACN chieftains said that Akpatason had also been invited to Abuja. He said, \u201clast week, a detachment of police
officers from Abuja visited me at my residence in Igarra, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area and presented a
frivolous petition against me by the Leader of the House of Representatives,\u00a0 Col. Tunde Akogun (rtd). They
(police) invited me to Abuja, tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a calculated attempt to distract us from our campaigns. This witch-hunt is not only targeted at me,
the House of Representatives candidate for Akoko-Edo Federal Constituency,\u00a0 Akpatason, is another chieftain of
the party, whom the police had invited to Abuja on trumped up charges,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added that \u201cwhile they may go on with these Gestapo tactics, we are using this opportunity to call on the
international communities, election observers and monitors and lovers of democracy to prevail on PDP to put a
stop to these illegalities. The ACN is a broad-based political party that is concerned with the peaceful
advancement of the rights of Nigerians and no amount of intimidation and harassment can deter us as law abiding citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n

He recalled that \u201cjust last week, one of our party chieftains in Edo Central, Chief Francis Inegbeneki and four
others were arrested and whisked to Abuja, where they were incarcerated. In Edo South, an attempt to gun down the senatorial candidate of ACN, Senator Ehigie Uzamere, failed as he escaped\u00a0 death by the whiskers but his
security detail was killed by\u00a0 the yet-to-be identified assailants.<\/p>\n

\u201cEdo North Senatorial District has not been spared from this unconventional style to silence our members at all cost in the state because of their (PDP) desperation to win the forthcoming elections which is a tall order,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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BY SIMON EBEGBULEM BENIN \u2013 THE Edo North senatorial candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and former President of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, Mr Peter Akpatason, weekend, raised fresh alarm over alleged plans by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to file frivolous charges against ACN candidates in the state so as to distract them ahead\u00a0 of weekend\u2019s National Assembly elections. Briefing newsmen in Benin City, Edo State, yesterday,\u00a0 Akpatason and Deacon Domingo Obende,\u00a0\u00a0 said that it was clear that the PDP in the state was \u201cbecoming too desperate.\u201d Deacon Obende, who read a joint statement by the ACN chieftains said that Akpatason had also been invited to Abuja. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-345902","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"\nPDP plans trumped up charges against ACN candidates \u2013 Akpatason - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/28\/pdp-plans-trumped-up-charges-against-acn-candidates-akpatason\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"PDP plans trumped up charges against ACN candidates \u2013 Akpatason - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"BY SIMON EBEGBULEM BENIN \u2013 THE Edo North senatorial candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and former President of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, Mr Peter Akpatason, weekend, raised fresh alarm over alleged plans by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to file frivolous charges against ACN candidates in the state so as to distract them ahead\u00a0 of weekend\u2019s National Assembly elections. 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