Ahead of the 2023 elections in Kogi, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been asked to vacate its proposed party secretariat in the Okene area of the State.
This comes on the heels of a ‘Save our Soul’ message forwarded to the Inspector General of Police (IG), Usman Baba Alkali, and the Director General, State Services DGSS, Yusuf Magaji Bichi, accusing the State Governor, Yahaya Bello, of undue harassment.
In a letter signed and dated October 26, 2022, which was obtained by Quest Times on Thursday, the PDP was told to vacate the secretariat on grounds of security as claimed by the Council boss of Okene Local Government, Abdulrazaq Muhammed Yusuf.
“As part of measure to rejig our security architecture, you are by this notice given one week (7 days) to vacate your proposed party (PDP) secretariat in Okene.
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“The decision was formed by what the security committee considered as the proximity of your proposed party secretariat as a threat to some critical infrastructures like: the Ebira Central Mosque and the Council (Okene) Secretariat which when the political activities heat up, it will disturb the peaceful activities in the vicinities.
“Let me state emphatically that, the council is not taking this decision as a ploy to dabble into your party affairs and our action must not be misconstrued as such,” the letter read.