Kogiflame
The Governorship Campaign Council of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi State has called on the Inspector General of Police to set up an independent investigative panel to investigate the crisis that led to the death of a woman during campaign in Koton-Karfi last week.
The Director General of the organization Alhaji Hassan Enapeh made the call on Tuesday during a press conference held at the secretariat of the party in Lokoja.
According to him, the allegations made by the Kogi State Police Command that they were not aware of the SDP campaign rally in Koton-Karfe and that the DSP candidate move around with political thugs are false.
He noted that the security agents that accompany the SDP candidate were deployed from the office of the Inspector General of Police and wondered how the woman killed by APC thugs can be attributed to the SDP supporters.
He further stated that the claim by the Kogi State Police Commissioner that the SDP candidate Murtala Ajaka was invited for questioning was also not true , noting that there was a subsisting court order from the Federal High Court injunction that prevent the SDP candidate to answer any invitation from any quarter including the police and DSS.
The Director General stated that SDP and its supporters across the state have lost confidence in the activities of the security agencies in the state toward the conduct of governorship election in Kogi state.
He appealed to the national assembly and the Inspector General of Police to beep its search light in the current situation in Kogi state , maintaining that the forthcoming election is about Kong state and that SDP has the people.
However, the Spokesman/ Director, Media and Publicity, Kogi APC Governorship Campaign Council, Mr. Kingsley Femi Fanwo while responding to the statement credit to SDP on Tuesday said they reported to the Police and other security agencies.
His words, “We have reported to the world and given a graphic narrative of how the SDP thugs killed a member of our party.
“Thankfully, the Police have released their preliminary reports and the SDP candidate should honour the invitation of security agencies to explain why his thugs killed the innocent Kotonkarfe woman and left the entire community mourning.
“While explaining the blood on his hands, he can as well give evidence of his recent claims to the Police and other law enforcement agencies,” he said.
