Electorates: Kwara PDP condemns police threat, intimidation
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign council has called the attention of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba and the Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr Paul Odama to the unjust intimidation and harassment of electorates sympathetic to the party at Polling Units 031 and 032, Ode Ishowo and Koro Sayodun axis in Alanamu ward of Ilorin West Local Government.
In a statement signed by its Director of Media, Lawal Akanbi Sharafadeen, the party stated that no fewer than seven (7) accredited voters have so far been victims of the unfortunate occurrence, through calls and texts, asking them to report at the Police Headquarters, Ilorin on trumped-up allegations bordering on rumours that they disrupted the last election exercised in the said polling units. So far, the phone numbers that have been used for this purpose are 07060997736 and 09139168136.
Sharafadeen recalled that while his party, the PDP won handsomely at polling unit 032, the results of polling unit 031 were canceled due to over-voting. Unfortunately, instead of holding those responsible for this electoral malpractice to account, the police officers through the aforementioned telephone numbers listed above have been harassing supporters.
The names of those being threatened by the Police includes;
Haleemah Yakub, Abdurasheed Nallah, Abdulgafar Seriki, Taiye Yakub, Hakeem Yusuf Nallah
However, the PDP Campaign Council noted that this untoward action may not be unconnected to the defeat suffered by the APC state secretary, Alhaji Mustapha Isowo who is equally from the community, and voted therein.
Meanwhile, the spokesperson enjoined the voters at the aforementioned polling units not to be intimidated by this ugly development, while urging the headship of the security agencies in the state to ensure a level playing ground for all citizens to exercise their franchise freely without let or hindrance.
