Ahead of
the general elections, the Edo State Government has raised the alarm of
an alleged “evil plot” by anti-democratic forces to “unleash terror” on
citizens of the state.
The
Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Louis Odion, in a
statement made available to journalists in Benin on Thursday evening,
said the state government learnt that the perpetrators are planning to
forment violence by way of high-profile killings to intimidate the All
Progressives Congress, prior to the March 28 and April 11 polls.
“The
objective, we gathered, is not only to sow fear in the minds of the
teeming supporters of All Progressives Congress but also make the state
ungovernable for Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
“The new
evil agenda is akin to the one unleashed in 2012 ahead of the
governorship election in which the Principal Private Secretary to the
Comrade Governor, Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, was brutally murdered. Till
date, the killers are yet to be brought to justice,” It read.
Odion also
alleged that those targeted were key figures in the Governor Adams
Oshiomhole administration, “APC leaders, a vocal palace chief as well as
journalists considered too independent-minded and unwilling to file
fabricated stories to promote PDP.”
He,
however, urged the citizens to remain calm and law abiding, adding that
the state government had directed security agencies in the state to
carry out investigations and “bring all those involved to book.
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