The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday blamed Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State for the attack on President Muhammadu Buhari and other APC chieftains during the presidential campaign rally held at the MKO Abiola International Stadium, Kuto, Abeokuta.

Hoodlums and other aggrieved persons threw objects at the president after he raised the hand of the APC governorship candidate in the state, Dapo Abiodun, at the party’s campaign rally on Monday.

APC spokesman, Lanre Issa-Onilu, in a statement on Tuesday, said the party regretted Monday’s premeditated attacks sponsored by Amosun on President Buhari and other senior party leaders at the venue of the presidential campaign rally in Ogun State.

The statement added that the APC is a party known for discipline, justice, fairness and equality; hence any plan to destroy what party stood for would be rejected, as no single person would be allowed to put his personal and selfish interests ahead of the wishes of the people of Ogun State and elsewhere.

The statement said,

“The APC regrets Monday’s premeditated attacks sponsored by Governor Ibikunle Amosun on President Muhammadu Buhari and other senior party leaders at the venue of the presidential campaign rally in Ogun state,” he said.

“This is one act of indiscipline too many. The APC will not condone acts of indiscipline, indiscretion and anti-party activities from any party member no matter how highly placed.

“The party will review this gross misconduct of deliberately positioning thugs to attack and embarrass the President and the party’s leadership. No single person will be allowed to put his personal and selfish interests ahead of the wishes of the people of Ogun state and elsewhere.

“Post primaries, the decision of the National Working Committee to uphold the wishes of party members is unbendable. Therefore, whatever means being presently deployed by persons intending to undermine the wishes of the people for personal gains will not be tolerated.”

The spokesman said party members should not to be disturbed by Monday’s “condemnable incident.”