The
Peoples Democratic Party has demanded the immediate suspension of Oba of
Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, till after the governorship and state House
of Assembly elections in Lagos State.
The party called on Governor Babatunde Fashola to suspend the first-class monarch.
It said this was necessary in order to guarantee free, fair and credible elections in the state.
In a
statement issued on Tuesday by Lagos PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr. Taofik
Gani, the party stated that it had also alerted the security agencies
to hold the monarch responsible for any attack on non-indigenes or PDP
members in Lagos.
According
to the PDP, which is the major opposition party in the state, the
silence of the governor of the state, Fashola, over 48 hours after such
inflammatory statement and threat to life suggests that the king acted
on behalf of the state government.
The
statement said in part, “The governor is thus a conspirator in this
threat to life and must also be held accountable for any violence in
this elections. We have at this point been vindicated about the
desperation of the APC to retain Lagos state at all cost including the
All Progressives Congress’ plan not to concede the imminent defeat on
April 11.
“The
positions of the PDP are coming on the heels of the now viral threat
issued by the Oba of Lagos to Igbos that they must vote for the APC
Governorship Candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode, or be drowned in Lagos water.”
Despite the alleged threat to their lives, PDP urged Lagos non-indigenes and others to be part of Saturday’s voting exercise.
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