By Muhammed Abubakar, Reporting
FOLLOWING the attack on the residence of the INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lokoja early Friday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State has demanded the arrest of the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the November 11 governorship election, Muritala Yakubu Ajaka.
The APC specifically called on the Nigeria Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies to immediately arrest a seeming slide to anarchy in the state by arresting Ajaka and his supporters.
The party accused the candidate and his supporters of allegedly masterminding the attack on the residence of the REC on Friday morning.
The call is contained in a statement by the Director of Media and Publicity/Spokesperson for the Campaign Council, Kingsley Fanwo, during an emergency press briefing on Friday.
According to him, “they (SDP) have finally done their worst by attacking the residence of the Kogi State INEC Commissioner, engaging security agents in a fierce gun battle and eventually burning down some vehicles in the residence and in the area.
“The same arsonists also had an attempt to burn down the Kogi State Government House foiled by our eagle-eye security agents. The same attempt was foiled at the State APC Secretariat in Lokoja.”
He alleged that the SDP in the state and their collaborators are desperate to destroy some documents in INEC to cover the heist they committed in Kogi East where they allegedly killed APC supporters “and drove them out of collation centres to forge the results that were eventually trumped by the massive votes of Kogites for the Governor-Elect.
“The violence witnessed in Kogi East because of the desperation of Muritala Yakubu Ajaka was not witnessed in the West and Central.
“He turned himself to an outlaw, attacking the opposition, killing opposition members and boasting to go free because of his mouthed connection with certain powerful people.
“Kogi must not be allowed to become a lawless place and the only solution now is to use Muritala Yakubu Ajaka as a Scape goat.
“He was not the only one who contested the election. But he is the only one who feels he must kill everything and everyone standing on his path to his irredeemable dream of grabbing power by force. Totalitarianism has no place in a democratic setting.
“Gentlemen of the press, we will continue to preach peace and harmony. Kogi is our project and we will keep the flag flying.”
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