The leadership of Uja’Ache greatly condemns the event of Saturday, where SDP Governorship Candidate, Alh. Murtala Yakubu Ajaka Muri escape death by wisker at Banda village, the vicinity of Lokoja Kogi State.
The Coordinator of Uja’Ache Rights Organization, Alh. Idris Iyede made the condemnation in a press statement released by the organisation in Lokoja, the state capital.
“We are greatly stunned by the event of Sunday, where SDP Governorship Candidate, Alh. Murtala Yakubu Ajaka Muri escape death by hairs breath at Banda village, the vicinity of Lokoja Kogi State”.
“The leadership of Uja’Ache Rights Organization (URO) holistically condemn the alleged attack on Alh. Murtala Yakubu Ajaka Muri, the SDP candidate for the November 11th Governorship election in Kogi State by the agents of State government who were out to abort his thank you tour to traditional rulers and party leadership in Kogi State”.
The attack which was orchestrated to abort the mission of a people centered SDP Candidate on a thank you tour to state traditional rulers and party leadership in the present of the state Governor, was a demonstration of utmost cawordice and laying of landmane for political tension in Kogi State ahead of November 11 election.
Uja’Ache Organisation he noted, is demanding an immediate investigation by a crack team of Federal Investigation Bureau under President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to bring these perpetrators to Justice and nib in the bud, future occurency of this dastardly act.
URO recalls with nustalgia, the alleged ignominious state attack too many, perpetrated on the likes of Sen. Dino Melaye, Bar. Natasha Akpoti Uduagha among others, all at previous electoral seasons and has become a recurrent decimal at the build up of another but crutial election for the state.
He reiterated that any barbaric afront by an individual actor if allowed to remain a recurrent decimal without ceasation, would amount to a declaration of war on the state, as injustice in one place is an injustice everywhere.
“Election has always being a means of struggle for political power to render service to the electorates, bringing robust dividends of democracy and justice to the doorstep of individual and people of the state and any attempt to misconstrue it to war of attrition, rascality and arrogance in governance, poses security threat to Nigeria Democracy.
“The confluence state of Kogi had been dignified and reputed a peaceful state since it’s creation on 2021 with ‘equity’ as epicentre of it’s governance but this tragetry changed as soon as power changed hands in 2015, and is regretful”.
URO strongly appeal to the good ears of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Kogi chapter, Security Agencies not to succumb to the antics of state leadership or give room to the repeatation of painful orgy of manslaughter and rosting of a PDP woman leader in Ochadamu in Ofu LGA in 2019 governorship election, as such re-occurence could set the state in flame.
It also calls on the peace loving people of Kogi State and particularly, Kogi Central to collectively condemn the acrimony and seed of discord being entrenched in our governance in the last seven years, and instead, promote brotherhood, as one good turn deserves another.
URO also urges all supporters of Murtala Yakubu Ajaka in Kogi State and his kinsmen to remain calm like their principal, who proclaim of being on mission to rescue Kogi State. End.
