Kogi Guber: APC claims SDP is behind attack on court secretary
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Electoral Council in Kogi State has accused the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) of orchestrating the alleged attack on the President of the Electoral Petitions Tribunal, Mr. Mike David.
DAILY POST recalls that the Clerk of the Kogi State Election Petitions Tribunal, Mike David, was allegedly attacked on Monday night by suspected hoodlums pledging allegiance to a particular political party.
However, following this development, the Head of Media and Public Relations of the Kogi APC Campaign Council, Mr. Kingsley Femi Funwo, in a statement on Tuesday, said that the accusations have been made against Kogi State by the SDP and ethnic confederates in Kogi State. They argued that this was a desperate move to portray the country as dangerous. By orchestrating a supposed attack on the Chief Justice of the Court, Mike David.
He claimed he was trying to cover up his previously exposed plan to file a petition objecting to the Nov. 11 election outside of the time allowed by election law.
Fanwo said in a statement that lawyers for some of the state's three senatorial districts warned the public about an alleged secret plan by the Social Democratic Party and its gubernatorial candidate to file petitions early Monday morning. I recalled what I had done. Backdoors and backdating to circumvent election law provisions.
The statement said: “It is not difficult for a discerning person to see through the SDP's fabricated lies and distorted strategies. “This is because it is said to have occurred on the day the plan was revealed.” .
“Why was he not attacked before midnight on December 3, 2023, when the 21-day window closed? Why did SDP first learn about this alleged attack? How did they know he was working on the so-called petition at the time of the alleged attack? Why did the Social Democratic Party become the chief's defender? We cannot mislead the public. I know exactly what's going on.
“We are calling on the security agencies in the state to act on a series of petitions in front of them against the criminal acts committed by the SDP and its thugs, all in the name of politics. I have always asked for this.
“They have committed heinous crimes, killed innocent citizens, escalated tensions in the state with hate speech under a rejected ethnic agenda, and turned to playing the victim with senseless propaganda. They even openly accuse security agencies of committing crimes even though no arrests have been made.
“The inaction of security agencies in the face of the obvious atrocities being perpetrated by these desperate politicians and ethnic communalists has further emboldened their thugs to take charge of Kogi State. This has never happened in the history of our dear state. And now they and their criminal associates have come up with a “dead on arrival” scenario regarding the attack on the court clerk.
“As we write this, this lawyer, who worked with some members of the court's staff and led others to expose the SDP's backdoor filing scheme, is also the one who has publicly criticized the SDP camp. This complaint has been lodged with the security services. When the SDP threatens, they attack. They thus intimidate the resident electoral commissioner and follow up that threat with a gruesome attack on his residence. Those who act within the scope of the rule of law must be protected by the law.”
However, the APC in Kogi State has warned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Ministry of State Services and the police to apprehend criminals committing acts of terrorism while awaiting the report of security agencies on the true state of affairs. He asked them to instruct him to take all possible measures. They are attacking the nation and waging a futile war against democracy.
“Governor Yahaya Bello (Colorado) has laid a strong foundation on the security front. For over seven years, the state has had nowhere for criminals to hide. “We cannot sacrifice political victories,” he said.
Source: dailypost.ng