Lokoja, Kogi state – The All Progressive Congress (APC) has blamed the attack by gunmen on the residence of the state residence electoral commissioner (REC), Gabriel Longpet on the Social Democratic Party (SDP)....CONTINUE READING
According to The Punch, Kingsley Fanwo, the spokesperson for the APC campaign council, who spoke at a press briefing on Friday, December 1, said the arsonists also attempted to burn down the Kogi state government house.
According to Fanwo, the governorship candidate of the (SDP), Murtala Yakubu Ajaka, and his SDP supporters have shown enough evidence that they are violent and should be held responsible for what happened at the residence of the REC.
Per The Nation, the APC official said:
“We have no problem allowing legal teams 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.
“We are witnessing a bold-face criminality being perpetrated by the defeated SDP candidate and his violent gang of criminals. They imported thugs from neighbouring states into Kogi.”
The APC chieftain added:
“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.”
Meanwhile, Blueprint newspaper reported that the APC asked the police, the Department of State Services (DSS), and other security agencies to immediately arrest Ajaka.
