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The councillorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State held on Friday in different parts of the state for the July 20 local government and councillorship election turned bloody with some members of the party injured by suspected thugs.
State Chairman of APC, Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha had said that the exercise would be peaceful.
Emegha told newsmen after distribution of materials that adequate arrangements had been made including provision of security to ensure peaceful exercise.
“Our primaries will be free and fair, no danger. I am not envisaging any danger at all. There will be no crisis because we are all one,” he stated.
But the reverse was the case in some parts of the state with party supporters battered by political thugs.
In Ekka community, Ezza North local government, some persons were seen in viral video with varying degrees of injury in different parts of their bodies
One of them, Nwuna Chikodiri said they were asked to choose who would be their councillorship candidate in Ekka ward and that the primaries were in progress when suspected thugs loyal to two prominent persons in the community; a Commissioner and a Development Centre Coordinator descended on them.
“We were asked to choose our councillorship candidate and we decided to do that. We were on it when thugs descended on us.
“The thugs gave many of us different injuries like this. It was Chikwado that hit me like this on the face. They used bottle and inflicted injuries on Emeka Aboy. So many people have been injured as I speak,” he stated.
