- Frowns at droves of defections from PDP
From Emmanuel Adeyemi, Lokoja
Ahead of the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State, a People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) women leader, Princess Grace Iye Adejoh, has called on political actors in the state to eschew violence stressing that Kogi state is greater than the ambition of any individual .
The women leader while reacting to allegations of extra judicial killings in the state in a press statement made available to newsmen in lokoja said political actors should realise that anyone who unjustly takes the life of other will draw the wrath of God.
Princess Grace Iye Adejoh said youths who allowed themselves to be used as thugs should learn a lesson from the recent killing of Kabir Bala otherwise known, as Okwo by security agents that ‘ he who kills by the sword will die by the sword.’
Okwo, a notorious criminal was said to be responsible for the killing and setting ablaze of the PDP women leader during the 2019 governorship election in the state.
According to her, “sad as the said circumstances surrounding Okwo death may be, this is the fact of life, karma is real,” she added
Princess Adejoh who said she was thoroughly touched by stories of violence in the state, said every governorship candidate should be free to campaign and sell his party’s manifestos to any part of the state without harassment or intimidation.
She said the electorate must in turn not be coerced by any means to vote for any party but the voters should allow to vote according to their conscience and whoever emerges as governor should carry everyone along and rule with the fear of the God.
The women leader however frowned at the rate members of her party are defecting in droves to the ruling party saying what some of them are running away from in the PDP are also prevalent in the APC.
While saying some of the defectors had no genuine reason to leave the PDP other than personal greed and selfishness, she expressed optimism that PDP will bounce back to prominence again.