4th June, 2023
By Thompson Yamput
The leadership of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi, on Sunday, appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the to maintain law and order.
Mr Moses Peter, Kogi SDP Chairman, made the appeal in a statement he personally signed in Lokoja, deriding what he described as a “deliberate attempt” to overheat the state’s polity.
He also urged the security operatives to be bold enough to arrest the perpetrators of the attack on the party’s governorship candidate and his supporters.
“SDP is also aware of a plot to arrest our supporters on trumped up allegations of arms bearing, thuggery, terrorism and kidnapping, having not been able to pin any criminality on any of the supporters of our great party,” he said.
He said some unidentified persons in security uniform had attacked the convoy of Mr Muritala Yakubu-Ajaka, Kogi SDP candidate in the forthcoming governorship election, while on his way to Lokoja.
“Our Guber Candidate, Muritala Yakubu-Ajaka, is on a familiarisation tour to first-class traditional rulers in the state, preparatory to the commencement of the campaign ahead of the Nov. 11 governorship polls in the state.
“The convoy of Ajaka and his supporters were attacked close to Lokoja with his vehicle riddled with bullets, a situation which forced the convoy to retreat in order to forestall further breakdown of law and order with possible loss of lives and property,” he said.
Peter accused the state government of masterminding the attack and called on Nigerians and the president to wade into the situation.