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Kwara State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned what they described as illegal detention of its members, Olusegun Olushola, alias Sholyment and call for immediate and unconditional release of him.
The party noted that Olushola being a responsible and law-abiding citizen, honoured the invitation of the Police on Monday, and was subsequently detained on the alleged order of Governor Abdulrazaq.
PDP alleged that the State Government had already concluded arrangement to drag Sholyment to court over trumped up charges of inciting public disturbance, injurious falsehood and criminal defamation.
In a statement on Tuesday by its State Publicity Secretary, Tunde Ashaolu, the party accused the governor of using State apparatus to silent opposition members and muzzle dissenting voices, noting that the present administration had on different occasions demonstrated its intolerance to criticism.
The Kwara PDP warned Governor Abdulrazaq against turning Kwara to lawless State, saying that “It is only in a banana republic that a responsible citizen will honour invitation of security operatives and be detained illegally on the order of the Governor for criticizing the bad policies, misgovernance and nonperformance of the Governor.
“We have also been alerted to the plans of the present administration in Kwara to arrest some selected members of the opposition who have been critical of the incompetence and maladministration of Governor Abdulrazaq.
“This is wrong and absurd. Under a democratic setting, responsible citizens should not be detained indiscriminately for criticizing and holding government accountable. Kwarans must not allow this untoward and unjust action of the Governor to stand. We must resist all attempts by the Governor to intimidate dissenting voices.
“Our party demands the unconditional and immediate release of Mr Olusegun Olushola from the police detention.”
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