Obanikoro is violent, dangerous – Lagos APC
Controversy
over last Saturday’s clash between supporters of the PDP and the APC in
Lagos state rumbles on, as the publicity secretary of the APC in Lagos,
Joe Igbokwe labeled the junior minister of Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro a
violent and dangerous man.
Igbokwe, in a statement on the clash, which led to the death of a local APC leader,
Alhaji Azeez Asake, also called on security agencies to guard against
impunity as the nation moves closer to the 2015 general elections.
His statement in full:
“Gentlemen of the
Press, please recall that last Saturday PDP held their zonal rally at
TBS Lagos, and thereafter one Alhaji Azeez Asake of APC was killed in
Lagos Island by a group known to be loyal to Senator Musliu Obanikoro, a
junior Minister in the Ministry of Defence. One man known as Abija who
leads the group was the one that ordered one Olokodano to shoot Alhaji
Asake dead has been arrested by the police and is now in police custody.
Olokodano who fired the shot has not been arrested.
“We
thank the Lagos State police Command led by CP Kayode Aderanti for this
great job and we want the police to go the whole hog and get to the
root of the matter. Impunity and political brigandage is enveloping the
country and we need to fight it as 2015 elections draw near. Police, the
armed forces, DSS, SSS, Civil Defence, our Courts, NYSC etc are
institutions that we need to strengthen our democracy to thrive
seamlessly in Nigeria. These are institutions needed for democracy to
grow. This is the reason why we are praising the Lagos Police Command
for doing a great job. The command has demonstrated in actions and deeds
that police can be trusted at a time like this. The new CP in Lagos is
getting it right and we need to give him a pat on the back. He had asked
those keeping illegal arms to surrender them to the police in their own
interest. We support this 120% beyond mathematics.
“On
Asake’s murder, we are using this opportunity to ask the Ministry of
Defence to call Senator Obanikoro to order. We repeat that we have it on
records that Senator Obanikoro has been a violent politician who uses
every means possible to achieve the desires of his heart positive or
negative irrespective of the feelings of others. Senator Obanikoro is
violent, ruthless and potentially dangerous and he sees politics as a do
or die affair. This must be an embarrassment to the Ministry of Defence
where he is a junior minister. Ministry of Defence works to defend
every Nigerian whether APC, PDP, tribe, religion East, West, North and
South etc. To use that exalted Ministry to advance the cause of the
ruling party is a threat to National unity and a threat to our renascent
democracy. Senator Obanikoro and his boys must be called to order. Like
we said last week, Lagos APC may resort to self help if our teeming
supporters cannot be protected by from excesses of Lagos PDP by those
that are paid to defend the common people.
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