Kogi guber: We won’t condone reckless statements from politicians, says commissioner

The Kogi state government has warned politicians to desist from making reckless and inflammatory statements ahead of the gubernatorial election.

The state governorship election is scheduled for November 11.

In a statement on Tuesday, Kingsley Fanwo, the commissioner of information, said those spreading falsehood in the state should prepare to face the wrath of the law.

The state government also warned Muritala Ajaka, the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), against promoting ethnic division in the state.

“It is important to tell Nigerians and the world that Muritala Yakubu Ajaka, the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, is on a shameful agenda of whipping sentiments, spreading falsehood with reckless abandon so as to put on himself a garment of importance,” Fanwo said.

“We know the contenders and the pretenders and he is not a political threat as far as Kogi state is concerned.

“The ignorance of Muritala Yakubu Ajaka and his team is such a flourishing folly, thinking that the governor is an interested party and would therefore allow his state to become a state of anomie and lawlessness.

“The Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency Yahaya Bello, CON, is the governor of all the people of Kogi State and he owes them a duty of care and security. He swore to protect them and protect them he shall.

“The state government has no clandestine plan to frame up anyone. As a government, we will not condone reckless statements as we urge the security agencies to arrest the current trend by acting decisively against inflammatory statements. A lack of action has emboldened some political oppor

“Let me use this opportunity to assure all political parties and candidates of their saftunists to think they can spread lies, incite the people, play politics of ethnic profiling and still get away with them.ety as they go about their electioneering. The state government will not succumb to blackmail.”