A Pro-Democracy group in Kwara State, Kwara Must Change has raised alarm over to alledged threat to life of opposition leaders in the state ahead of 2019 general election.
The group disclosed this in a statement by the state coordinator, Comrade Yusuf Olatunji sent to newsmen on Monday, warning those behind the plot as well as put the security agencies on notice.
“Some government critics and opposition leaders are being targeted by political thugs and assassins and it suspected that this unholy plan is the handiwork of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP).”
The group therefore cautions PDP and its leader, Senator Bukola Saraki, urging them to desist from going on with the violent plan ahead of the election, warning that should anything happen to any of the targeted people, the Senate President and the Kwara State government shall be held liable and responsible.
Recall that Kwara Must Change raised alarm about the influx of suspected political thugs and assassins, which it said are being camped in olohunda village at Asa local government and Eyenkorin in Ilorin West.
“Election is not war and the violence that has been imposed on the state is condemn-able.”
According to Comrade Yusuf, the opposition does not have the tendency or any capacity to cause violence, arguing that the APC governorship candidate, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has been contesting election since 2011 and he has never been associated with violence in whatever capacity.
It called on all well-meaning kwarans to shun violence and focus on exercising their rights of electing leaders that will take the state to the next level.