THE Labour Party (LP) has dismissed calls by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the arrest of its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, over alleged treasonable felony.
APC presidential campaign spokesperson Festus Keyamo, also minister of state for labour and employment, had called for the arrest of the LP candidates, claiming that they were preparing grounds for insurrection against the Nigerian state.
However, the LP has dismissed the calls describing it as a desperate attempt to gain political relevance.
Spokesperson of the LP Presidential Campaign Council, Yunusa Tanko, stated that Datti is a free citizen of Nigeria and is entitled to his fundamental right of freedom of expression.
Tanko also stressed that Datti never called for insurrection or any act envisaging treason.
He further called out Keyamo for recognizing that the elections were marred with blatant rigging, violence, voter suppression, and intimidation orchestrated by his party.
He pointed out Keyamo’s failure to report MC Oluomo, who told Igbos not to vote in Lagos, accusing the minister of ignoring the ethnic and tribal vitriol by his party and their supporters.
Tanko also criticized Keyamo for not reporting Tinubu, who, according to him, was recorded telling key supporters to fight, snatch, grab and run with ballot boxes during the elections.
According to Tanko, Keyamo has achieved nothing as a minister except posting fake news to rile up the polity on social media.
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