Moses Peter, Kogi SDP Chairman, made the appeal in a statement he personally signed in Lokoja, deriding what he described as “deliberate attempt” to overheat the state’s polity.
“We call on Mr. President to promptly prevail on state government to allow the free will of the people of Kogi to manifest by exercising their rights to freedom of association.
“Let the security operatives be bold enough to arrest the perpetrators of the ugly attack on our Governorship Candidate and his supporters, in order to forestall future occurrence.