The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the hierarchy of the Army, Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) to speak out on the abduction of its Okene Local Government Chairman, Musa Adelabu, by gunmen reportedly clad in military camouflage.
The party expressed grave concerned about the whereabouts of Adelabu, who was abducted in his home last Saturday, with his abductors allegedly telling his family that they were acting on “orders from above”.
In a statement yesterday in Abuja by PDP spokesman Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said it was unacceptable that the security agencies had kept mum over the abduction, even as his party and family had continued to demand his release.
The statement alleged: “This situation has heightened apprehension of high-level partisan conspiracy to use some compromised security operatives against the opposition in Kogi State, in a desperate bid to foist the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the failed Governor Yahaya Bello on the people of Kogi State.
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“Already, there is an ominous tension in Kogi State following intelligence reports filtering into the public domain that our local government chairman is being tortured by his captors in a secret facility where his life is now in great danger.
“Such provocative situation is capable of sparking off serious crisis in Kogi State, which location as gateway and convergence state means a lot of dire consequences for our nation, in the event of any disturbance in the area.
“It is, therefore, unacceptable that the security high command is not forthcoming with concrete statement or decisive action to secure his release despite calls by our party and the people of Kogi State.
“The PDP, therefore, calls on President Muhammadu Buhari, as the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces to address his parade and ensure the release of our Kogi PDP leader.”
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