The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has cautioned security agencies in the country to ensure a level playing field for all contestants in the 2023 presidential election.
He said this in a Tuesday statement while bemoaning the alleged secret arrest of his supporters by security agencies.
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Obi said, “Elections are not deemed free and fair when a certain group employs the tool of intimidation to ensure that the opposition is silenced, both at the campaigns and at the polls.
“Peaceful assembly and unfettered electioneering campaigns are constitutionally guaranteed.
“Both and other ordered liberties cannot be breached wilfully by security agents.
“Recent reports of OBIdients being silently arrested by some security agents is extremely disturbing and condemnable.
“We must ensure that everyone is given a level playing field in the forthcoming elections, and that no eligible Nigerian, irrespective of ethnicity, religion, or political affiliation is disenfranchised, more so through violence and intimidation.
“I call on the Federal and State agencies to remind their operatives on the need to respect civil liberties.”
Of course, they are lawless thugs who cannot be left to continue to run amok.
THE IRRITANT BRIGANDS ARE NOT DIFFERENT FROM BOTH STREET URCHINS AND MOTOR PARK TOUTS.
The security agencies are bound by law to put them where they rightly belong, INCACERATION.