The Senator Ovie Omo-Agege Campaign Organisation has raised the alarm over what it described as a rising wave of political violence in Delta State, following a violent attack on a senior aide to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori during a meeting of All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in Effurun on Sunday.
The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor, Hon. Temple Mudi, was reportedly attacked with stones, machetes and bottles by suspected thugs who disrupted the APC Delta Central Leaders and Stakeholders meeting held at the PTI Conference Centre.
In a statement issued on Tuesday and signed by Godwin Anaughe, Special Adviser on Strategy and Communications to Senator Omo-Agege, the campaign organisation condemned the attack as “political thuggery, plain and simple,” and warned that it forms part of a troubling pattern building ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The statement noted that the Effurun incident came barely two weeks after the Governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Deacon Chris Iyovwaye, was attacked by hoodlums while attempting to visit his community in Agholokpe.
The candidate, the statement said, was blocked from reaching the town hall.
