Nigeria: PDP, APC Trade Blame Over Attack in Bayelsa

22 August 2017

Yenagoa — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State On Monday traded words over last week's attack on the APC secretariat in Yenagoa in which two persons died.

In a statement signed by the state Bayelsa PDP Chairman, Cleopas Moses, and Publicity Secretary, Osom Macbere, the party stated that violence had always characterised APC activities in the state, noting that the party remains an embarrassment to the Bayelsa people and a threat to grassroots democracy.

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