Kogi PDP Asks IGP to Caution Police against Partisanship
The Kogi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has implored acting Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, to take advantage of last Saturday’s postponement of the general election to look into police partisanship that could have marred the electoral process in the state if the polls had held. Making the call against the background of the Friday siege on Lokoja, Kogi State residence of a former governor Ibrahim Idris by hooded policemen during a meeting of PDP leaders ahead of election day, the State Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Bode Ogunmola, noted that the assailants were considered as political thugs. He asked the Inspector-General of Police and the Kogi State Command of the Police to take steps to prevent police partisanship in the elections. Noting that the general insinuation was that such brazen daylight assault by unknown gunmen could not have been contemplated without tacit backing from Government House, Loko...