APGA calls for Ngige’s arrest

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, has called on the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, to effect the immediate arrest of Senator Chris Ngige for his alleged role in the death of 24 worshippers at Holy Ghost Adoration arena at Uke Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Speaking to newsmen in Awka after the broadcast on the incident by Governor Peter Obi, the APGA chairman urged the police to arrest Ngige for allegedly instigating the pandemonium that ensued at the end of the crusade.
Umeh, who hinged his call on the actions of Ngige and his supporters wondered what his supporters were doing at the crusade ground with their party symbols consisting of brooms and posters of Ngige, if it was not part of a plot to cause confusion at the praying ground in search of cheap propaganda.
“From what happened at the Holy Ghost Adoration ground it was obvious that this mayhem and pandemonium were carefully planned and executed by Dr. Ngige’s team,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Anambra State Government has declared three days of mourning for those who lost their lives in the adoration tragedy, even as he plans to set up a panel of enquiry to unearth the immediate and remote causes of the tragedy.
In a statewide broadcast, Governor Peter Obi, who expressed deep sympathy for the families of the deceased and injured, declared three days of mourning starting from Saturday and directed all security agencies to ensure that the culprits were brought to book.
He announced also that a panel of enquiry would be set up to investigate what happened.