Breaking: House of Reps Candidate Allegedly Abducted, PDP Raises Alarm
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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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.”
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to conduct 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.
Source: Legit.ng
