By Our Correspondent
The Deputy Governorship Candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in the forthcoming November 8 Anambra governorship election, Mr. Uzu Okagbue, has accused the state administration of shielding the truth behind two recent violent incidents that have unsettled residents of the state.
In a strongly worded statement issued on Friday, Okagbue warned that the government’s silence and inconsistencies in official accounts could trigger widespread outrage if not urgently addressed.
“The Anambra State administration is sailing on a tide so dangerous that silence is no longer an option,” he declared.
“What is unfolding must be investigated, unraveled, and confronted, or Ndi Anambra will rise, as history has shown, to demand answers that cannot be buried, Okagbue added
Okagbue cited two incidents in particular: the assault and stripping of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, and the shooting of a pregnant woman alongside others at the Onitsha Main Market. According to him, both cases remain “shrouded in a troubling fog of deceit.”
He questioned the discrepancies in the handling of the assault case, noting that eyewitnesses confirmed that a female assailant was involved, yet those paraded by the police as suspects were all men.
On the Onitsha Main Market tragedy, Okagbue insisted that the state government has failed to confirm whether the actual killers of the pregnant woman and other victims are in custody. “If the suspects are known, why is their identity not openly confirmed? If they are unknown, why the deafening silence?” he asked.
The YPP candidate further alleged that the administration might be complicit in shielding the perpetrators or, worse still, permitting renegade groups to operate with tacit approval.
“If this government is not hiding a conspiracy against its own people, then let it speak,” he stated, adding, “Let there be full disclosure, swiftly and transparently: just as quick as the press releases churned out by the State Government campaign organization on candidates’ credentials submitted to INEC.”
He vowed that YPP and the people of Anambra would not relent in demanding accountability.
“Until then, Ndi Anambra will not rest. We will continue to demand answers, for what is at stake is not only justice for victims but the very soul of our state.”
As at press time, government officials were yet to respond to Okagbue’s allegations.
