CSO demand immediate arrest of perpetrators of Nembe Killings
By Tony Okechukwu
National Democratic Frontiers has demanded for an immediate arrest of sponsors and perpetrators of yesterday's killing of some indegenes and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party in Nembe, Bayelsa State, among whom was a Radio Bayelsa OB Van driver, Simon Onu, during the campaign rally of the party's governorship candidate, Senator Douye Diri.
Recall that yesterday, suspected militants of the Otita Force led by one Gabriel Jonah, a member of the campaign of the candidate of the All Progressive Congress unleash violence on the venue of the PDP campaign, leading to the killing of three people with several injured.
The Civil Society group in a statement issued in Yenagoa and signed by its Coordinator Dr Ben Shuaib said that the sad event undermines the preparedness of INEC and the security agencies towards the Saturday gubernatorial election, if these perpetrators are not immediately brought to justice, there are every tendency for a repeat of their heinous acts during the election.
"We are demanding that Gabriel Jonah and every other identified perpetrators of yesterday's violent killing in Nembe, be immediately arrested and made to face the wrath of the law. We are sad that an otherwise civic responsibility such as an election is being reduced to war by these criminals and their sponsor. We shall not fold our arms and watch fellow citizens being murdered for no reason by these criminals being aided by the desperate politicians."
National Democratic Frontiers has demanded for an immediate arrest of sponsors and perpetrators of yesterday's killing of some indegenes and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party in Nembe, Bayelsa State, among whom was a Radio Bayelsa OB Van driver, Simon Onu, during the campaign rally of the party's governorship candidate, Senator Douye Diri.
Recall that yesterday, suspected militants of the Otita Force led by one Gabriel Jonah, a member of the campaign of the candidate of the All Progressive Congress unleash violence on the venue of the PDP campaign, leading to the killing of three people with several injured.
The Civil Society group in a statement issued in Yenagoa and signed by its Coordinator Dr Ben Shuaib said that the sad event undermines the preparedness of INEC and the security agencies towards the Saturday gubernatorial election, if these perpetrators are not immediately brought to justice, there are every tendency for a repeat of their heinous acts during the election.
"We are demanding that Gabriel Jonah and every other identified perpetrators of yesterday's violent killing in Nembe, be immediately arrested and made to face the wrath of the law. We are sad that an otherwise civic responsibility such as an election is being reduced to war by these criminals and their sponsor. We shall not fold our arms and watch fellow citizens being murdered for no reason by these criminals being aided by the desperate politicians."
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