2023: CUPP Petitions President Muhammadu Buhari Over Plot To Cause Violence News
him to investigate those in Kogi State over plots to cause violence and disrupt the coming elections.
In the petition signed by 15 leaders of the group, the CUPP urged the president to use his constitutional powers as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces to ensure that politicians whose actions are geared towards making the Nigerian political space conducive for terrorists to thrive are arrested and brought to book.
In the letter, titled: “Urgent Need To Arrest and Prosecute Politicians Trying To Scuttle The 2023 Elections By Blackmailing Our Military”, the CUPP singled out a senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kogi State as the alleged “number one promoter of insecurity” in the state. The group urged the president to direct the security agencies to act on several petitions against the PDP candidate.The CUPP leaders said as a major opposition voice since its formation in August 2018, the coalition had been consistent in opposition activities, which tends towards the advocacy for free, fair and credible election, adding that CUPP members had the patriotic duty to address issues that might affect the overall wellbeing of the country regardless of the political party involved.
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