The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Katsina state has called on the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Alkali-Baba, to investigate the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Yakubu Lado, for allegedly threatening the life of the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge of Kankara Local Government Area of the state.
This is contained in a statement by its Chairman, Sani Daura, accusing Lado of threatening and insulting the police officer in a leaked audio conversation over an attack by his supporters on the motorcade of the APC governorship candidate, Dr. Dikko Radda at Danmarke, the hometown of Lado in kankara local government area during their campaign tour in the area.
According to the statement, It was alleged that the APC is calling on the IGP to investigate and call Lado to order saying, “if left unchecked, the threat will embolden others to make a habit out of lowering the esteem and authority of security officials which, needless to say, will worsen the already challenging security situation in the state”.
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The statement reads in part: “We are hereby calling on the Inspector-General of Police to investigate the Danmarke incident. It’s also important to investigate the threat issued against the DPO of Kankara Local Government by Yakubu Lado in the audio”.
“Just as important is the need for the IGP to specifically investigate the allegation labeled against the officer by Yakubu Lado as the aim of the allegation is to set the community against the officer and possibly erode public confidence in the Nigerian Police to pave way for thuggery to thrive in the state or even make it ungovernable for unscrupulous politicians to cash on the chaos”.
The statement further added that “The information contained in the audio is capable of causing apprehension in the state hence, making it critical for the IGP to use his good office to investigate Yakubu Lado. We are also using this medium to call on the good people of Katsina State to take note of Yakubu Lado’s conduct which is unbecoming of a person aspiring to be the Governor of an elitist state like Katsina”.
When reached for reactions over the development, Senator Lado said, the PDP will make its stance known soon.
The incident was said to have occurred on January 25 at Danmarke, the hometown of Lado during the APC Governorship campaign tour in Kankara Local Government Area.
(Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu)
