Osun group demands arrest of Sowore’s attackers.
Osun group demands arrest of Sowore’s attackers By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo A coalition of civil society organisations in Osun State, The Osun Masterminds (TOM), has condemned the reported attack on the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Mr Omoyele Sowore, in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, and called on security agencies to identify and prosecute those responsible.
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By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo A coalition of civil society organisations in Osun State, The Osun Masterminds (TOM), has condemned the reported attack on the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Mr Omoyele Sowore, in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, and called on security agencies to identify and prosecute those responsible.
The group described the incident as a national disgrace and an assault on Nigerians’ rights to participate in politics, express their views and support candidates of their choice. TOM’s Executive Director, Professor Wasiu Oyedokun-Alli, made the position known during the group’s monthly briefing on the state of the nation. He said elections should provide an opportunity for candidates and political parties to present their policies and development plans to the electorate, rather than become occasions for violence and intimidation. “Elections should be a festival of ideas, a peaceful contest of developmental blueprints, and a developmental milestone where the sovereign will of the people is freely expressed,” he said.
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