The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the
Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, to immediately
prosecute the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress
(APC), Adams Oshiomhole, for incitement.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by Kola Ologbondiyan,
its National Publicity Secretary, the party observed that the
violence and arson perpetrated by APC agents in Yenagoa, Bayelsa
state capital, on Friday, was in furtherance of Oshiomhole’s
inciting call that no governor would be sworn-in in Bayelsa State,
contrary to the judgment of the Supreme Court.
The statement said: “Oshiomole’s statement was a direct call for
sedition and violent subversion of the 1999 Constitution (as
amended), the statutory authority of the Supreme Court and the
mandate of the people of Bayelsa state.
“He should, therefore, be pulled in immediately for prosecution
for inciting violence and arson in the state.
“Nigerians can recall that our party had on Thursday cautioned
Oshiomhole over his utterances and apparent plots to cause violence
and a breakdown of law and order in the state.
“The world, however, watched with horror as APC agents, chanting
APC slogans, assaulted the people of Bayelsa State, set the PDP
secretariat in the state ablaze, attacked the premises of Radio
Bayelsa, vandalised vehicles and equipment, took over major
highways and attacked travellers, all in the bid to violently
subvert the judgment of the Supreme Court and forcefully take
control of the state.”
The PDP, therefore, charged the people of Bayelsa, the security
agencies and Nigerians at large, to hold Oshiomhole responsible and
accountable for the violence in Bayelsa state and deal with him
accordingly in line with the provisions of our laws.
“Oshiomhole must be brought to book and stopped from the use of
garrulity and clear misuse of language to cause a crisis in our
country,” it stated.