Adefisoye in a statement
issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Oluyemi Fasipe on
Monday in Akure condemned the incessant attacks on SDP Secretariat and its
members in Kogi.
Mr Tajudeen Adefisoye, a
member representing Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency, has condemned the
setting ablaze of the Social Democratic Party secretariat in Lokoja, the Kogi
State Capital, by suspected political thugs.
He said that barely five
days to the governorship election in the state in the early hours of Monday,
unknown hoodlums set the SDP secretariat in Lokoja on fire.
The lawmaker, who is the
only SDP member in the National Assembly, rued the culture of political
intolerance and ‘do or die’ brand of politics being practised in Kogi State and
said this should be condemned by every right-thinking Nigerian.
“This attack on our party
secretariat and members of the party in Lokoja is condemnable and those in
charge of the state’s security architecture must get to the root of it.
“This same secretariat was
attacked on Sunday and its doors and windows were shattered, while campaign
materials, posters and banners were also destroyed.
“It is most unfortunate
that the failure of security agents to act was what emboldened the political
thugs to set the whole secretariat ablaze early on Monday morning.
“We are only preparing for
an election and not a war. Those trying to create an atmosphere of war in the
run-up to the Nov. 16 governorship election in Kogi State should be reined in
as a matter of urgency,” he said.
Meanwhile, Adefisoye urged
all the supporters of SDP gubernatorial candidate in Kogi State, Mrs Natasha
Akpoti to remain law-abiding and not to contemplate avenging the attacks so far
launched on the party by sponsored political thugs.
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