The All Progressives Congress (APC) guber candidate in Kogi State, Prince Audu Abubakar, today alleged an attempt to bomb his house and other property.
The attempt on Audu's house was said to have been made over the weekend.
Speaking through the head of the media of the Prince Abubakar Audu Campaign Organization, Dr. Tom Ohikere, he said hired hoodlums attempted to bomb a house and petrol station belonging to the former governor.
As stated by Ohikere, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was also planning to eliminate the leaders of the APC in the state ahead of the gubernatorial poll.
Ohikere, a one-time Commissioner for Information in the state, in a statement in Lokoja, said the hoodlums were apprehended at Ejule in the eastern axis of the state by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad.
The state Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Ojukwu, had on Friday paraded about eight suspects, disclosing that the hoodlums were planning to disrupt the forthcoming governorship election in the state.
Ohikere, however, revealed that investigations showed Audu and his property were the major targets.
He equally queried the true identities of those paraded by the police, alleging that they were not the same suspects who were arrested at Ejule with dangerous weapons and charms.
He alleged that Ojukwu never gave the complete details concerning the mission of the suspects.
The Abubakar Audu campaign spokesman therefore warned the PDP in the state to forget using any undemocratic means of remaining in power, stressing that the electorates are tired of being deceived for so long and have decided to vote for positive change in the coming governorship election.
Ohikere urged law enforcement agents to be vigilant and proactive as the state moves towards the next dispensation, insisting that anti-democratic forces are hell bent on destabilising the state.
He also called on the teeming supporters of the APC in the state to remain calm and law abiding, even as he expressed confidence that the PDP-led administration in the state would be sent packing in the forthcoming governorship poll.