The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State has demanded the immediate arrest and prosecution of the Social Democratic Party’s (SDP) Governorship Candidate, Muritala Yakubu Ajaka, who contested in the November 11 gubernatorial election in the state.
During a press conference held in Lokoja on Friday, Kingsley Fanwo, the spokesperson for the Kogi State APC campaign council, asserted that the SDP candidate was allegedly behind the attack on the residence of Kogi State Resident Electoral Commissioner Gabriel Longpet. Fanwo claimed that Ajaka orchestrated the assault, engaging security agents in a fierce gun battle and subsequently setting fire to vehicles in the vicinity, causing damage.
Fanwo further alleged that the same individuals attempted to set ablaze the Kogi State Government House, but their efforts were thwarted by security personnel.
His words, “The bold-face criminality being perpetrated by the defeated SDP candidate and his violent gang of criminals is as a result of the lack of consequences over the gruesome killing of Khadijat at Kotonkarfe by agents of the SDP. They shamelessly came out to say Khadijat was bearing an arm.
“To date, Muritala Yakubu Ajaka and his gun-welding killers have been moving freely on the streets. If they had been arrested for killing an innocent woman, they wouldn’t have had the guts to attempt to attack the Kogi Resident Electoral Commissioner.
” The reason they are desperate to destroy some documents in INEC is to cover the heist they committed in Kogi East where they killed APC supporters and drove them out of collation centers to forge the results that were eventually trumped by the massive votes of Kogites for the Governor-Elect.
” They are attempting to corrupt certain documents in INEC before handing them to their legal team. We have no problem allowing legal terms to access documents and materials. It is the norm. But we won’t allow any desperate bloodthirsty politician to tamper with the true verdict of the Kogi people.
“After their violent protests a few days ago, our people have also moved to Lokoja to ensure their mandate is protected. Resorting to assassination and arson will never help the Social Democratic Party and their confused candidate. Now is the time to arrest Muritala Yakubu Ajaka before he throws Kogi into a state of anomie”.
While noting that democracy is the expression of the wishes of the people, Fanwo called on the Police, DSS, and other security agencies to immediately arrest Muritala Yakubu Ajaka to advertise anarchy in Kogi State.
The APC campaign spokesperson alleged further that Ajaka and the SDP as well as their internal and external collaborators have imported dare-devil thugs into the state to kill, maim, and destroy critical infrastructure to create a total breakdown of law and order in Kogi State.
” We call on security agencies to ensure those imported to kill our citizens are immediately fished out and prosecuted. We also call on Governor Yahaya Bello to ensure our people are protected from assassins and arsonists brought into our dear state to ensure the flow of blood. How desperate can Muritala Yakubu Ajaka be? 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 into 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 Scapegoat” he stated.
