The former ruling party, APRC, has dismissed claims that it was behind attack on supporters of the United Democratic Party in Kanilai.

APRC spokesman Musa Amul Nyassi said: “people will automatically attribute it to APRC supporters and conclude because it happened in Kanilai. 

“We all know that Kanilai is the birthplace of the party. Kanilai I can say is the headquarters of the APRC and one can conclude to say Kanilai is a community where APRC has 100% support.

“I believe this is why people are attributing it to APRC supporters, but the intent was not to come as APRC and attack the UDP team that was on the voter registration monitoring exercise. 

“Yes, we will accept the responsibility, but we will let the general public know that it’s not something that has been incited by the party. Kanilai is as safe as any community in this country,” he said.

Mr Nyassi also lawmaker for Foni Kansala continued:”And I can tell you it’s 100% guaranteed, that be it a journalist or a political party, you are 100% safe to enter into Kanilai. 

“Kanilai being the birthplace of the former president and the supreme leader of the party has nothing to do with insecurity.”

Reporting by Adama Makasuba