Level of violence in Kogi totally unnecessary - Natasha Akpoti
- Natasha Akpoti, the governorship candidate for the SDP has giving reasons why she came out late to cast her vote in the state
- Akpoti said there have been series of attacks and threats on her life by the Kogi state governor Yahaya Bello
- According to Akpoti, the violence over the ongoing Kogi election is totally unnecessary
The governorship candidate for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the ongoing Kogi election, Natasha Akpoti, has decried the level of violence experienced at the state's poll.
Premium Times reports that Akpoti after casting her vote no real election is ongoing in Kogi Central part of the state.
Also alleging several threats to her life, the SDP governorship candidate said previous attacks on her delayed her from casting her vote early today.
Akpoti said she has been ready to vote for the past hour and a half but each time she tried to go cast her vote, there are sporadic gunshots then chanting like violent words.
“I got to know that the APC ordered by Yahaya Bello has been ordered to kill me since yesterday. The sad thing is there is no election going because the SDP agents have been attacked, some arrested by fake policemen because we have reached out to the DPOs in this vicinity and they feign ignorance of having arrested any SDP agent,” Akpoti said.
“This is definitely not an election, this is almost like a war zone and the sad thing is military personnel and security agents around there are doing nothing while thugs harass the SDP agents.
“There is no election happening in Kogi central, so I can imagine what is happening in other parts of the state. The level of violence is unprecedented," she said.
Akpoti also alleged that the incumbent governor of the state, Yahaya Bello, is upset that someone from Kogi Central is contesting against him.
Stating that all she is doing is exercising her civic right, Akpoti said it is worrisome that the federal government, the inspector general of Police and all relevant agencies have remained silent on the violent attacks in the state.
"So it seems there is some kind of conspiracy to enable Yahaya Bello and APC win because he is grossly unpopular. Why all these violence if he has actually performed well?” Akpoti queried.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, on Thursday, November 14, condemned the continued attack on Akpoti by some thugs suspected to the APC loyalists.
Secondus also called on security agencies in Nigeria to allow the people of Bayelsa and Kogi states vote their choice in Saturday, November 16, governorship election.
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