The Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi State has raised the alarm that its witnesses from Kogi Central who have come forward to testify about overvoting and irregularities during the November 11, 2023 election were being subjected to attacked and intimidated.
The Director, New Media of the Muri/Sam Campaign Council/SDP, Isaiah Davies Ijele, raised the alarm late Tuesday evening in a statement.
Ijele alleged that the properties of the witnesses had been vandalized and burnt, with reports of a pregnant woman being assaulted.
‘These acts are unacceptable and are creating a climate of fear that discourages individuals from participating in a peaceful judicial process. If unchecked, this can undermine our democracy in Nigeria,” the statement said
The party recalled that three days to the election, it said former Governor Yahaya “Bello through the instrumentality of state security actors attacked the house of our campaign DG in Anyigba where two mobile Policemen and two innocent civilians lost their lives, that is not enough they are now unleashing their thugs on the witnesses that are coming forth to the tribunal.
The party accused the Kogi state Commissioner for information Kingsley Fanwo of engaging in propaganda by denying the attack which the party said there are overwhelming evidence to that effect.
“This shows the insensitivity of the Kogi State Government, a state where the office of the former Governor has remained operative above that of the current governor. We expect nothing less except the Federal Government come to the rescue of the state.
“We are calling on Fanwo and his band of lawless people to be more concerned about the ongoing revelations at the Tribunal such as the overwhelming evidence of Over Voting and Fake Affidavit presented by Ododo to the INEC instead of unleashing mayhem on free citizens for standing for what is right.
