Abeokuta – A socio-political group in Ogun State, Gateway Tower, has raised alarm over what it called secret mobilization of some street urchins and other unscrupulous elements by opposition leaders in the state to disrupt the presentation of certificate of returnto Governor Dapo Abiodun,
The Coordinator of the group, Comrade Saka Ajiroba, raised the alarm in a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, on Wednesday.
The group, alleged that the plan was to invade the venue of event with hired thugs and urchins to disrupt the event.
It berated the secret move, noting that the motive behind the proposed action was to discredit the exercise and cause palpable tension in the State.
According to the statement, those behind the nefarious activities are planning a total stampede at the INEC in Abeokuta, through massive protest and display of placards with various negative inscriptions, as well as causing violent reaction.
The group then called on security agencies in the state to quickly rise up to the challenge and guide against such reactionary move of the opposition, which is capable of heating up the polity unnecessarily and cause panic among the populace.
” We are urgently calling on all the heads of security agencies in Ogun State to swiftly move and stop some enemies of the State who are fanning the embers of crisis and pandemonium, having lost ignominiously in a free and fear election.
“We must clearly say that the satanic move of creating tension in the state because the people rejected them at the poll is unacceptable and undemocratic; this must not be allowed to happen under any guise.
“Democracy is a concept of choice. Since the people have made their choice, anti-democratic forces must not be allowed to cause unnecessary tension and threaten the relative peace we have been enjoying in the state since the inception of this present administration in 2019″, the statement read,” Ajiroba said. (vitalnewsngr.com)
