Assault on Imo widows, PDP Presidential Campaign Organization demands apology from Okorocha, Buhari

Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organization (PDPPCO) has demanded apology from the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha and the All pro­gressives candidate (APC) presidential candidate, Gen­eral Muhammadu Buhari,
over the incident of February 10, where certain widows in the state were allegedly as­saulted.
The widows, operating under several platforms, Imo Widows Association, Jesus Triumphant Widows Association and Amuzi Widows Association, were said to have been attacked by thugs during a peaceful assembly in support of one of their own and current Minister of State for Education, Prof. Viola Onwuliri.
Addressing newsmen yester­day in Abuja, Director of Me­dia and Publicity of PDPPCO, Femi Fani-Kayode, alleged that the attacks on the women were carried out by aides of Gov­ernor Okorocha, saying: “The hired thugs emerged from inside the Government House and un­leashed extreme violence on the harmless women in a despicable and frightful manner.”
Fani-Kayode mentioned some top Imo State government functionaries as the alleged mas­terminds of the attacks on the widows.
He further noted that the wid­ows were attacked because they were drumming support for the PDP presidential candidate, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.
“Instead of protecting the widows and affording them their full constitutional rights, including the rights to assem­ble, march and protest, well-armed hired thugs, who emerged from inside Government House, unleashed extreme violence on them,” he said.