Yaro Makama, a chieftain of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state, has been arrested.
This comes 24 hours after Ben
Bako, director of publicity of the PDP campaign in Kaduna, was arrested and
flown to Abuja.
Bako was arrested for making
inciting comments in a video clip recorded during the PDP campaign rally in
Kafanchan, Jama’a local government area of the state last week.
Commenting on the latest arrest,
Danjuma Sarki, deputy director-general of the campaign organisation, said it is
part of the grand design by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the
state to clampdown on PDP members before the elections.
“This morning, Makama was invited
by the state police command. He honoured the police invitation as a law abiding
citizen,” he said.
“They accused him of hate speech
and he was asked to write a statement. We thought that after writing the
statement, they will let him go, but surprisingly he was taken to Abuja after
writing his statement. Yesterday (Sunday), when we addressed a press conference,
we said there were plans by the state government to frame and arrest 150
prominent PDP members before the elections.
“This is a clear indication that
they have started executing the plan.”
Yakubu Sabo, spokesman of the
Kaduna police command, did not respond to calls and a text message sent.
Meanwhile the Kaduna State Peace
Commission has expressed concern over reports of hate speech by politicians in
the state.
In a statement on Monday,
Priscilla Ankut, executive vice chairperson of the commission, said “the
commission
notes with grave concern, reports
of hate speeches in the form of statements by politicians and candidates with
potentials of being interpreted as calls for violent actions”.
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