Kogi APC Slams SDP Candidate Over Alleged Assassination Attempt

Kogi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on security agencies to invite the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Muritala Yakubu to answer questions over what it described as concocted lies capable of undermining security efforts in the state.

The state commissioner for information, Kingsley Fanwo, said Yakubu’s latest claim of an assassination attempt on him was desperation taken too far.

He said, “In the process of trying to paint a picture of popularity, he has unwittingly exposed himself as a shallow individual surrounded by people with very low intellect.”

Fanwo, who doubles as the spokesman for the APC governorship campaign, raised the concern yesterday while urging security agencies to step in and not allow anyone to heat the polity.

“It is on record that every political party has been having hitch-free campaigns across the state. But anytime this dubious character who knows well within him that he has no chance in the governorship election, is planning a rally, his fellow hooligans and criminal-minded cohorts fashion out all sorts of criminal conspiracies to paint the government in a bad light. They commit crimes and turn around to play the victim after inducing everyone around them with ill-gotten wealth.

“For the records, the governor of the state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, CON, abhors criminals and criminal activities and has made the state unbearable for them since he assumed office. Our various awards in security are there for all to see. We will not allow this set of desperate, clueless hooligans to rubbish our gains. The Police and other relevant agencies must urgently investigate this latest propaganda and make the enemies of peace face the consequences of their actions to serve as a deterrent to others like them,” Fanwo said in a statement yesterday.