Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, has condemned the attack on members of the Nigeria Democratic Congress in Asaba, Delta State, which left one person dead and five others injured.
Omo-Agege, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Strategy and Communication, Godwin Anaughe, accused the Delta State Government and the All Progressives Congress of failing to protect opposition supporters.
He described the attack as an indication of fear by the ruling APC, allegedly triggered by the growing acceptance of the NDC among residents at the grassroots.
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The former deputy Senate president recalled that opposition parties campaigned freely under former governors James Ibori, the late Emmanuel Uduaghan and Ifeanyi Okowa without facing similar restrictions.
He also faulted Governor Sheriff Oborevwori over his alleged failure to investigate and prosecute those responsible for an earlier attack on NDC supporters during a September 18 protest in Warri.
According to him, the governor had promised to investigate the incident, but no action had been taken.
Omo-Agege thanked youths in Asaba for turning out in large numbers to support the NDC despite what he described as intimidation allegedly carried out by APC members in the state.
He described the attack as an assault on democracy.
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