Thugs, not police, barricaded Delta APC secretariat – Erue –

Paul Osuyi, Asaba

The factional chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Delta State, Prophet Jones Erue, has alleged that thugs, sponsored by his opponents had, last Friday, barricaded the state secretariat of the party and prevented him from performing the inauguration of the state executive committee.

Erue said his party members had to ignore the hoodlums to avoid bloodshed and death of innocent persons.

The police had sealed the secretariat as both factions were said to be poised for a showdown over the rightful use of the office complex located, in Asaba.

But reacting to the development at Oleh in Isoko South council area, Erue denied that the police deprived his faction access to the secretariat, insisting that it was barricaded by hoodlums with blood thirsty eyes.

Erue…