Keyamo writes to DSS asking them to arrest Obi and Baba-Ahmed for incitement and treasonable felony

NIGERIA'S minister of state for labour and employment Festus Keyamo has written to the Department of State Services (DSS) asking them to arrest the Labour Party's presidential candidate Peter Obi for incitement and treasonable felony.

 

On Saturday February 25, Nigerians went to the polls to elect a new president and the Independent National Election Commission (Inec) subsequently declared Asiwaju Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the winner. Among the main gladiators in the contest were Asiwaju Tinubu of APC, Alhaji Abubakar of the PDP, Governor Peter Obi of the Labour Party and former Kano State governor Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP).

 

Inec chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who served as the returning officer for the presidential election, declared Asiwaju Tinubu the victor of the contest with 8,794,726 votes, defeating Alhaji Abubakar of the PDP, who came second with 6,984,520 votes and Governor Obi who came third with 6,101,533 votes. However, the PDP and Labour Party have refused to accept the results.

 

Responding to the numerous objections to the results, Mr Keyamo, a lawyer and the spokesman for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, asked DSS to arrest and prosecute former Anambra State governor Obi and his running mate Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed for incitement and treasonable felony. In the petition addressed to the DSS director-general, he pointed out that in a post-election period such as this, there is a need to soothe frayed nerves, lower the temperature and begin the healing process.

 

Mr Keyamo noted that since the declaration of the presidential election results, Governor Obi and his running mate have been hopping from one media house to the other making incendiary comments and claims. He said they have refused to accept the declaration of the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, by Inec.

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