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Stakeholders in Kogi State, especially those from Kogi East, have condemned the alleged instigation of violence in the senatorial district by the Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Muritala Yakubu, saying it is capable of disenfranchising voters in the zone and working against serious contenders from Kogi East.
“Each time Ajaka goes out, it is always blood, crying and tears for Kogites. Is he the only governorship candidate in Kogi State? Certainly not,” they declared. “Our people are getting fed up with all these violent shenanigans and if the Police and the state government refuse to do the needful, the people of Kogi East will have no choice than to effect a citizens’ arrest of Ajaka and hand him over to the relevant authorities before he kills all of us for his inordinate ambition,” Ojonugwa, who is from Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi East, said.
“Our sense of urgency in arranging for this emergency Press Conference was further heightened by the violence we witnessed yesterday in Kogi State whereby a senior Police officer was almost lynched allegedly by the thugs of the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party under the spurious claims that he was involved in an attack against the convoy of Mr Murtala Ajaka.
“Even amongst us in Igala land, we know who we can trust. But we’re not here to campaign for anybody but to warn those whose stock in trade is orchestrating violence and playing the victim that they can’t put all of us at risk because of their unpopular ambition. .As PDP fires back, charges APC not to be bad loser The All Progressives Congress , Nasarawa State chapter, has challenged the Peoples Democratic Party to stop heating the polity with inflaming propaganda capable of inciting citizens and fanning the emba of ethnicity and religion. The state APC chairman, Aliyu Bello, stated this at…
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