The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has told main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to blame itself for the disruption of its rally in Kaduna on Monday.
The ruling party accused the rented crowd of causing the violence.
In a statement yesterday in Abuja, APC National Publicity Secretary Felix Morka said the violence that characterised the PDP’s rally was self-inflicted.
Morka noted that the ugly event “was wrong, but regrettably, self-inflicted”.
He said: “The PDP has no one but itself to blame for the violent incident at its rally in Kaduna. The incident was simply a matter of a rented crowd that went irate when the party’s rent-a-crowd managers disappeared with funds meant to pay for the rented crowd.”
Washing the hands of the ruling party off the violnce, Morka faulted the PDP for blaming APC for the incident.
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The party’s spokesman insisted that “rather than hold its head down in shame for the poor and distasteful showing at its Kaduna rally, the PDP seeks to scapegoat our party for its gross acts and misconduct”.
He added: “To be clear, the APC has no hand in the attack, as irresponsibly alleged by the PDP. We have no reason to be perturbed by the rally.
“As a party, we abhor and condemn any form of violence and interference in the activities or events of any political party. Every party is entitled to conduct their legitimate activities in peace and security. And every party has a right to equal protection of the law. Perpetrators of disruptive and other acts of violence must be brought to justice…”