Nigerian Ex-Senate President, Bukola Saraki has reacted to the attack on Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde in Kogi State.
Saraki called for peaceful and credible election ahead of Bayelsa and Kogi State governorship election on Saturday.
It was reported and the Kogi State capital has confirmed that some gunmen on Friday attacked the hotel where the Governor of Oyo State, Mr. Seyi Makinde lodged.
It was gathered that Makinde is the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Kogi state Campaign Council.
Engr. Seyi Makinde who is the PDP governor in the South-West geopolitical zone is in Kogi in his capacity as the Chairman of that Council.
At the Suitorial Hotels, Lokoja, along Stadium Road, where the Governor and some members of the PDP Campaign Council were lodged. Eyewitnesses confirmed that the gunmen arrived at about 12.50 p.m., shooting sporadically.
Report shows that the hoodlums scaled the fence of the Hotel and attempted to gain entrance into the main Hotel, the eyewitnesses confirmed.
Saraki, while reacting to the development on his Twitter page on Saturday, he wrote,
“Elections should not be a war, and political affiliations should never silence the voices of reason and peace. We must rise above party affiliations to roundly condemn the scale of violence we are seeing in Kogi State.
“There is no democratic victory borne through loss of lives as citizens strive to exercise their constitutional rights to elect the leaders of their choice. No one wins, only our beloved nation Nigeria loses.
“I call on those responsible for ensuring a safe and free election to do all it takes to see that today’s elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States are peaceful and credible, and not a scene of intimidation, violence and blood bath.
“May God guide and protect our fellow Nigerians in Kogi and Bayelsa States today.”
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