The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State yesterday urged the state police command to bring to book those behind the destruction of its billboards erected at some strategic locations in Ilorin, the state capital. Addressing a news conference at the party’s secretariat in Ilorin, APC Chairman in the state, Alhaji Ishola Balogun-Fulani, blamed the destruction of his party’s billboards on some thugs allegedly sponsored by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.
The chairman disclosed that his party had lodged a complaint about the development with the State Security Service (SSS) in the state, saying it would soon officially write to the state police command on the issue.
He listed the areas where APC’s billboards were destroyed to include General Hospital area, Queens School area, Garin-Alimi Roundabout and Offa Garage area, all in Ilorin metropolis.
Balogun-Fulani alleged that after a failed attempt to instigate the impeachment of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed as the PDP reportedly did in Adamawa State, events in Kwara State in the past few days pointed to a desperate attempt by the PDP and its sponsored political thugs to make Kwara State ungovernable through political unrest and crises.
“Daunted and frightened by the rising popularity and acceptability of the APC and the APC-led government in Kwara State as shown by Kwarans during recent town hall meetings, and the failure of its frivolous and inflammatory press statements to incite Kwarans against the government and the APC, the PDP has embarked on criminal activities.
“As we speak, billboards with inscription of APC logo and imprint of APC manifestos, sponsored by APC members and erected at the frontage of their houses and junctions of their streets in Ilorin metropolis, have been destroyed by PDP thugs in a clear attempt to provoke retaliation from APC members to set the ground for its plot to burn Kwara State,” he said.

APC raises the alarm over destruction of billboards