The Action Congress of Nigeria,
ACN, has asked the Inspector-
General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim,
to call his men to order in Kwara
state, where it says the police are
being used by the state
government to instigate violence
and harass innocent ACN
members during and after the Oct.
30th council polls in the state.
In a statement in Abuja, National
Publicity Secretary of the pa rty,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, also
warned the state government to
desist from its current tactics of
deliberately fomenting trouble in
Offa local government to brighten
its poor electoral chances in the
area, ahead of a possible re-run
council poll there.
The ACN said the current mass
arrest and arraignment of its
members in Offa, in the aftermath
of the Oct. 30th local government
poll, by the PDP using the
machinery of the Kwara
government, and the connivance
of the police, has already created
tension and panic in the area.
“It is common knowledge that
widespread rigging and violence
were perpetrated by PDP thugs,
led by the police, during the local
government election across
Kwara. In the process, lives were
lost. But our people in Offa
resisted them.
“The election was subsequently
cancelled and an inquiry set up,
and our people rightly fingered
PDP thugs and the police as being
behind the ballot-snatching and
mayhem. On Thursday, they (ACN
members) were invited to Ilorin
ostensibly to meet with the
Commissioner of Police. But
instead, they were arrested,
arraigned in court and detained.
The PDP thugs who perpetrated
the violence and attacked our
members were not even invited
for questioning!
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