P RESS STATEMENT: GOVERNOR YAHAYA BELLO CONDEMNS SENATOR DINO MELAYE FOR THE BRUTAL MURDER OF KOGI STUDENT June 12, 2017. The Exe...
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PRESS STATEMENT: GOVERNOR YAHAYA BELLO CONDEMNS SENATOR DINO MELAYE FOR THE BRUTAL MURDER OF KOGI STUDENT
The
Executive Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello sadly
condemns the unruly conduct, political violence and needless crisis
orchestrated by Senator Dino Melaye in a bid to foil his recall from the
National Assembly which led to the brutal murder of Saka Seidu, a
student of the Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja.
The
Governor sincerely regrets the unfortunate incident and calls on the
people, youth and students of Kogi to remain calm, law-abiding and
refrain from taking laws into their hands in the face of imminent threat
to their life and security, whilst assuring them of continued safety
and maintenance of security in the State.
He
urges the embattled Senator to desist from further plunging the State
into needless political crisis capable of threatening the peace and
security of the people in the State.
He
is appalled that despite his commitment towards ensuring safety and
security for the indigenes and inhabitants of the State and endeavour to
rid the State of insecurity and political thuggery, the embattled
Senator remains hell-bent on causing mayhem in the State in a bid to
save his drowning political career. He hereby reiterates his firm
commitment to ensuring continuous security and safety of lives and
properties in the State as he vows not to relent in his administration's
lofty strides in securing the life of every inhabitant in the State.
The
Governor calls on young people to desist from being readily available
as cheap tools to malicious politicians' devilish use and manipulation.
He reiterated that their lives are precious and should not be sacrificed
on the altar of any selfish politician's political expediency.
He
recalled that the State Government had petitioned the Presidency and
the Inspector General of Police in January of 2017 on the likelihood of
such an outbreak of violence but wonders why no action was taken. He
called on the authorities to expedite action on the petition to ensure
there is no repeat of today's unfortunate incident.
He
thus urged the Senator with a notorious antecedent for political
violence from further plunging the State of Kogi into needless political
violence and security crisis whilst advising him to honour his
constituents' rights to exercise their constitutional obligations.
Signed:
Petra Akinti Onyegbule,
Chief Press Secretary to the Kogi State Governor.