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The All Progressives Congress has re-echoed the allegations made by the immediate past Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, that the Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme federal task force was being used by the Peoples Democratic Party leaders to perpetuate electoral violence.

The ruling party called on the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, to investigate the claim by Obanikoro.

Obanikoro had said officials of the task force were allegedly hired by a leader of the PDP in the state, Chief Bode George, to perpetuate violence at the governorship primary in the state last week.

At the primary, the number of votes cast (863), exceeded the number of voters (803).

However, the APC in a statement by its publicity secretary, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, on Sunday, said security agencies should not take the allegations likely as it could mar the conduct of the elections next year.

The party described the task force as a ruse with which the PDP is recruiting and arming hoodlums with the money realised from the inhuman increment of fuel pump price in January 2012.

The APC said that the revelation from a group within the Lagos PDP called Action Support for Democracy that George used armed thugs in SURE-P vehicle to rig the contentious Lagos State PDP governorship primary for his choice, Jimmy Agbaje, had proved the nefarious role SURE-P is being used in Lagos.

It added, We are surprised that the relevant security agencies have been looking the other way since this illegal task force started assembling. We raised the alarm that the PDP, in its desperation, is diverting parts of the SURE-P funds for which Nigerians have been subjected to untold suffering towards forming an armed and illegal group that are being used to cause mayhem and collateral damage in the peace and security of Lagos and for the purpose of rigging the next elections.

We recall that this illegal group had started contesting for the territorial land of Lagos and for the control of traffic in the metropolis, which is a huge ruse to confuse Nigerians about their real mission.

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Investigate Obanikoros claim on SURE-P, APC tells IG