The National Working Committee, NWC of the Social Democratic Party, SDP has called on Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu to investigate attack on its Kogi State gubernatorial candidate, Mr Murtala Ajaka.
The National Secretary of the SDP, Mr Olu Agunloye made the call in a press briefing in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.
Mr Agunloye who described the attack on its Kogi State candidate as a sponsored attack said ‘’the National working committee of our party SDP once again here by respectfully call on the president Bola Tinubu to address the brewing social tension and evolving state of anarchy in Kogi State’’.
He further called on the Nigerian President to set up a panel of enquiry to investigate the harassment.
‘’We are therefore repeating our call to Mr. president for a special panel 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 definite call to order for the Kogi State governor to stop the unwarranted political extremism”.
Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has scheduled to hold the governorship election of Kogi State, North Central Nigeria on the 11th of November, 2023.
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