The allegation was made by PDP spokesperson, Olisa Metuh in response toan alleged attempt to kill Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
"This killer squad, our intelligence further revealed, has key marksmen recruited from within and outside the country with directives to trail, track down and hit strategic opposition elements and instill fear among PDP members," Metuh said while speaking to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, November 18, 2015.
Five PDP members Metuh accused the APC of planning to kill are:
Acting Board of Trustees Chairman, Bello Haliru,
Acting National Chairman, Uche Secondus
National Secretary, Adewale Oladipo
Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio
House Minority leader, Leo Ogoh
In a statement released on Tuesday, November 17, Ekweremadu's media aide,Uche Anichukwu, alleged that the suspected assassins trailed the senator's convoy while he was making his way to the office.
He however managed to escape the incident without injury.
