The Kogi State Authorities has denied the allegation by the Social Democratic Get together its witnesses within the ongoing election petition tribunal have been attacked by brokers of the state authorities.
The SDP is difficult the victory of the All Progressives Congress within the November 2023 governorship ballot.
The SDP management on Friday, raised the alarm over the alleged assaults on its members who appeared as witnesses earlier than the Kogi State gubernatorial election tribunal sitting on the Nationwide Judiciary Institute in Abuja.
The occasion’s Nationwide Chairman, Shehu Musa Gabam, had urged President Bola Tinubu and the heads of the nation’s safety forces to intervene within the nationwide curiosity.
However the state Commissioner for Data, Kingsley Fanwo, throughout a press convention on Saturday in Lokoja, the state capital, mentioned there was no proof to help SDPs’ declare that their witnesses have been attacked on the tribunal.
He mentioned, “Our consideration has been drawn to a headless allegation by the Social Democratic Get together to the impact that the state authorities allegedly attacked their witnesses within the ongoing tribunal.
“The allegation drifted into the abyss additional by claiming that supporters of the totally defeated candidate of the Social Democratic Get together within the election, one Muritala Ajaka, have been attacked.
“We wouldn’t have bothered to answer the barking of the SDP and its management because the state authorities is busy with governance; however it is very important set the report straight and tackle the minds of the general public to the custom of lies by the SDP.”
The commissioner mentioned the state authorities, beneath the management of Ahmed Ododo, might be undaunted in its resolve to serve the individuals of the state somewhat than be entangled within the propaganda by the SDP.
“The Kogi State Authorities is unwavering in its stance on safety and constitutionalism as the essential minimal in guaranteeing a peaceable and secured state.
“It is very important enlighten the SDP about the truth that the case on the yribunal is between events of which the state authorities isn’t one. It’s the accountability of the federal government to guard all residents no matter their political or non secular persuasions”, Fanwo mentioned.
“It’s clear that SDP’s petition is struggling an irreversible setback on the tribunal because the comedians they offered as witnesses in all probability didn’t rehearse their traces nicely or they’re falling as a result of their claims have their basis in fiction.
“It is going to be unacceptable for them to vent their impending failure on the state authorities that’s doing all it will possibly present safety for all within the state,” he added.
He additionally famous that the state authorities doesn’t subscribe to violence and actions that breach the peace of the state.”
