The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) state secretariat and Campaign Office of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar have been sent ablaze by political thugs in Gombe.
Both properties were set on fire with documents, documents, chairs and other valuables damaged.
A supporter of the party, Muntari Kulsi, said the office was set on fire at about 1:30 am, stressing that the secretariat was in about 1:20 am before he left the office.
Kulsi said he suspected members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), noting that it would be incomprehensible for both offices to be affected at the same time when they are not closely situated.
Kulsi said “the source is All Progressives Congress and its people. Both offices that are about four kilometres away from each other cannot naturally catch fire at once”.
“Our guys here saw the thugs, they came in three cars with several weapons, the security guard stationed at the office was overpowered by the thugs and had to run for their lives.”
According to him, while men of the fire service close to the office tried to contain the fire, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Pantami division played useful roles.
“We are just waiting for our leaders to decide on what to do, but we know all the people who did this and we will go after them”.
In its reaction, the APC spokesperson in the state, Moses Kyari, said the party had no hand in the destruction of the PDP secretariat and campaign office in the state, adding that their office was also affected.
He revealed that the APC office was attacked earlier by those he said were identified by the closed-circuit camera.
