The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the purported video of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, directing his supporters to unleash violence on Nigerians during the 2023 general election.
Governor Bello was alleged to have said: “I will personally light a fierce fire in my hand whoever want it we shall use it to burn them, whoever survive it will thank God… Whoever is against us we will make him or her join my mother and lie with her (my mother) in grave.”
The PDP, in a statement issued on Wednesday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said the governor’s outburst has raised apprehensions in the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 general election because Nigerians have rejected the ruling party, which “failure is most manifest by Yahaya Bello’s abysmal performance in Kogi State.”
The party added: “From his outburst, Nigerians now know the individuals who engineered the gruesome killing of many of our citizens including the PDP Woman Leader in Kogi State, Mrs. Salome Abu, who was burnt alive in her house in 2019.
“Also, Nigerians now have more insight into the disappearance of Hon. Adelabu Musa, the PDP Chairman in Okene Local Government Area for over three years now.
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“Furthermore, the PDP recalls how the Bello-led Kogi State Government was accused of breeding and arming thugs as well as fake security operatives to harass and attack Nigerians in Kogi State during the 2019 general election.
“This threat to violence and actual violence to Nigerians especially at this time have the capacity to cause a breach of public peace, truncate the 2023 electoral process and derail our democracy.”
The PDP further called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately call Governor Bello to order and place him and his supporters on security watch list “as a threat to democracy” ahead of the 2023 general election.
The party also urged the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, to immediately commence a comprehensive investigation into the activities of the governor with “a view to nipping this ugly trend in the bud as well as prosecuting him at the end of his tenure as Governor of Kogi State.”
“We urge Nigerians, especially those in Kogi State not to be deterred by Yahaya Bello whose days in office are numbered but remain vigilant and continue to rally with the PDP in the determination to liberate our nation from the stranglehold of the APC and the likes of Yahaya Bello, come 2023,” the PDP stated.
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