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From Okwe Obi, Abuja
The Social Democratic Party (SDP), has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to call Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello to order following the spate of violence that have trailed the state governorship election.
The party claimed that Governor Bello has been sponsoring thugs to intimidate and silence opposition parties ahead of he poll slated for November 11.
National Secretary of the party, Olu Agunloye, told journalists yesterday in Abuja, that the out-going governor has hatched plans to arrest its candidate, Muritala Yakubu Ajaka, over trump up charges of terrorism and gunrunning.
Agunloye implored the governor to play the role of a statesman and allow a level- playing field for ll candidates rather than hound down opposition in the manner he was doing.
“We are therefore, repeating our call to Mr President for a special anel of Enquiry to investigate the ongoing political terrorism, extra judicial killings and threats to democracy and civil liberties in Kogi State. This is a request for a definitive call to order for the Kogi State Governor to stop the unwarranted political extremism.
“We have conducted our own independent findings which showed that there are no genuine reasons for the outgoing Governor to hound and harass our Governorship Candidate except that the outgoing Governor Yaya Bello’s Administration has fallen far below the expected standards for good governance and has become jittery.All economic and human development indices have shown that Kogi had fallen below expectations in the last eight years under Governor Bello.”
The party said it had formally petitioned the Office of the President, Inspector General
of Police, and Service Chiefs including the DSS and are confident that appropriate actions would be taken on their complains.
