A
member representing Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency, Mr Tajudeen
Adefisoye has condemned the setting ablaze of the secretariat of the
Social Democratic Party in Lokoja, Kogi State Capital, by suspected
political thugs.
In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on
Media and Publicity, Mr Oluyemi Fasipe on Monday in Akure, Adefisoye
condemned the incessant attacks on SDP Secretariat and its members in
Kogi.
He said that barely five days to the governorship election
in the state in the early hours of Monday, unknown hoodlums set the SDP
secretariat in Lokoja on fire.
The lawmaker, who is the only SDP
member in the National Assembly, rued the culture of political
intolerance and ‘do or die’ brand of politics being practised in Kogi
State and said this should be condemned by every right-thinking
Nigerian, Igbere TV reports.
“This attack on our party
secretariat and members of the party in Lokoja is condemnable and those
in charge of the state’s security architecture must get to the root of
it.
“This same secretariat was attacked on Sunday and its doors
and windows were shattered, while campaign materials, posters and
banners were also destroyed.
“It is most unfortunate that the
failure of security agents to act was what emboldened the political
thugs to set the whole secretariat ablaze early on Monday morning.
“We
are only preparing for an election and not a war. Those trying to
create an atmosphere of war in the run-up to the Nov. 16 governorship
election in Kogi State should be reined in as a matter of urgency,” he
said.
Meanwhile, Adefisoye urged all the supporters of SDP
gubernatorial candidate in Kogi State, Mrs Natasha Akpoti to remain
law-abiding and not to contemplate avenging the attacks so far launched
on the party by sponsored political thugs.