Abia deputy governor rejects allegation of planned attacks on APC supporters
Abia Deputy Governor Ikechukwu Emetu has denied an allegation that he was recruiting young people to attack members of the All Progressives Congress. The accusation was made by a Tinubu Support Group, according to Punch Nigeria, which reported Emetu’s dismissal of the claim without providing further details of the dispute.
Abia State Deputy Governor Ikechukwu Emetu has rejected an allegation that he was recruiting youths to attack members of the All Progressives Congress, according to Punch Nigeria. The allegation was made by a Tinubu Support Group. The group claimed that Emetu was involved in efforts to mobilise young people against APC supporters, although the available report does not provide details of the group’s evidence or specify when the alleged recruitment was said to have occurred.
Emetu dismissed the allegation. His denial represents the only response identified in the supplied material, and no further statement from the support group is included. The report does not record any arrests, attacks or official investigation linked to the allegation.
It also does not provide additional information about the political circumstances surrounding the claim. Punch Nigeria said the deputy governor denied recruiting youths for attacks on APC members. No independent confirmation of the allegation is contained in the available material.
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