The All Progressives Congress has vowed to seek justice for one of its members killed during a Social Democratic party rally in the Konto-Nkarfe region of Kogi State as the election for governor on November 11 comes nearer.
Kingsley Fanwo, the Kogi APC Governorship Campaign Council’s spokesperson and director of media and publicity, made this statement during a news conference on Monday in Lokoja.
He continued by saying that the party was collaborating closely with the security services to make sure that no crime or act of violence would be tolerated prior to, during, or following the election on November 11 and that those responsible for the murder of an unarmed young woman were not only brought to justice.
“We have invited you today to brief you on certain developments as we race to November 1 1, 2023. Chief among them was the gruesome murder of an unarmed woman at Kotonkarfe. While we commiserate with the family and the entire people of Kotonkarfe, we call on security agencies to ensure that those who killed her have undoubtedly declared war on the Nigerian state, whose responsibility it is to protect the poor woman who was killed by bullets from the barrels of the SDP rifles.” he said.
Fanwo said that it was on record that the SDP candidate already admitted that the Commissioner of Police was not aware of his rally.
He described the rally as “an ambush on the peace-loving people of Kotonkarfe.”
He called on the supporters of the party to remain calm as security agencies were trusted to ensure that the killers would be apprehended.
“The Kogi State APC campaign council will await the full reports of the security agencies,” he noted.