Breaking: House of Reps Candidate Allegedly Abducted, PDP Raises Alarm
- PDP House of Representatives candidate in the Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency bye-election in Kaduna, Princess Esther Ashivelli Dawaki, has allegedly been kidnapped
- Edward Percy Masha, the PDP chairman in the state, raised the alarm while addressing journalists on Saturday, August 16
- The PDP said Esther was kidnapped by security agencies who were searching for the party's campaign chairman in the bye-election
Princess Esther Ashivelli Dawaki, the House of Representatives candidate in the Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency bye-election in Kaduna, has allegedly been kidnapped along with 25 supporters on the election day.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) raised the alarm while addressing journalists at a press conference in Kaduna on Saturday, August 16. The PDP chairman in the state, Edward Percy Masha, alleged that the joint security network carried out the operation.
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How security operatives arrest PDP candidate
He alleged that the security operatives had stormed a hotel in Malalu to arrest the PDP campaign council chairman, Hussein Ahmed-Kero, but he was nowhere to be found, and the officer then allegedly whisked away Dawaki and the 25 supporters.
The leading opposition then condemned the development, alleging that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), was responsible for the "act of harassment, intimidation, and insanity". The party then called for the immediate release of its candidate and other members arrested by the security agencies.
Masha then called for the intervention of President Bola Tinubu, the Director General of the DSS, Inspector General of Police, the Chief of Defence Staff, and the Chief of Army Staff, while calling the arrest an “egregious abuse of power.”
INEC conducts bye-elections in 12 states
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is conducting by-elections into vacant positions in the national and state houses of assembly in 12 states of the country. The election, according to INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, included two senatorial districts, five federal constituencies and nine state house of assembly seats.
Details that emerged showed the states where the bye-elections would be held, and they included Edo and Anambra for the senatorial district poll. Also, federal constituency elections would be held in Edo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Ogun, and Oyo. In Adamawa, Anambra, Kogi, Kaduna, Kano, Niger, Taraba and Zamfara states, state house of assembly elections are held on the same day.
The by-elections are conducted to fill the positions left behind by elected officials who died after being elected or took up other positions, such as Governor Monday Okpebholo and his deputy, Dennis Idahosa, who were members of the Senate and the House of Representatives before their election in Edo state.
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PDP agent arrested in Kaduna bye-election
Legit.ng earlier reported that the police, in conjunction with other security agents, have arrested a PDP agent with the cash sum of N25 million in the Kaduna bye-election.
According to the police authority, the suspect confessed that the money was meant to induce voters in the election and begged for leniency.
Kaduna is one of the 12 states in the country where bye-elections are being held on Saturday, August 16, to fill vacant positions in the National and state Houses of Assembly.
Source: Legit.ng
