APC Condemns Invasion Of Office By SSS, Soldiers

On Saturday, some officials of the State Security Service, SSS, and the military invaded the office of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos.

The security operatives stormed the opposition party’s office located at 10, Bola Ajibola Street, off Allen Avenue, Ikeja, between 5:30am and 7:30am on Saturday.

The property is used by the party as its Data Centre and about 25 date agents and three security guards of the party were arrested.

In a statement issued in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, APC likened the invasion to the “Watergate Scandal that led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon in 1974, as a result of the June 17, 1972, break-in at the Democratic National Committee, DNC, headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, DC, and the attempted cover-up of its involvement by the Republican Nixon Administration.”

APC condemned the act, describing it as an “assault on the APC and its entire membership across the country,” stressing that, “It must not go unpunished.”

The party, which further described the invasion as the “worst political scandal in Nigeria’s history,” noted that the security officials stormed the APC office believing it was a ‘secret warehouse’ belonging to one of its national leaders, Bola Tinubu.

It was also disclosed in the statement that “More than a dozen computers were destroyed. The server was also vandalized along with other equipment in the building.”

APC called for an “independent inquiry (into the matter) to fish out those who ordered the needless and unprovoked attack on the offices of the APC and ensure that they face very serious consequences, irrespective of their status.”

The party disclosed that it “had been tipped off about an impending attack on the ‘secret warehouse’ of our leader Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” but we (APC) under-estimated the desperation of the Jonathan Administration and its worsening proclivity to impunity.”

“Now that they have over-reached themselves by attacking the offices of the main opposition party and destroying part of its membership database, can the PDP-led government still claim to be operating under the rule of law?” the party queried.

APC further asked, “Can the government sincerely tell the world it is now ready for a free and fair elections in 2015?”

“This is one impunity too many, and we will not allow it to be swept under the carpet,” the party vowed.