Brigandage in Ekiti must stop now – Atiku

Former Vice President and the Presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has warned against the sustained brigandage in Ekiti.
Atiku said in a statement in Abuja yesterday through his media office that the security high handedness is an uncivilised assault on democracy and falls short of democratic best practices.
“It is incumbent on the federal government not to deprive others of the ladder it was provided by its predecessors.
Free, fair and credible elections are not a privilege.
“They are a right! The peaceful congregating of the good people of Ekiti State, be the members of the APC or the PDP or of any other party, must be allowed by the federal government.
Atiku observed that it is not in the place of government to harass, intimidate, hound and humiliate political opponents in an election, adding that what government should do is to provide a level playing ground and guarantee the security of the electorate and the principal political actors in the election.
“Instructions must be immediately given to all law enforcement bodies on the ground in Ekiti State to act in the best interest of Nigeria, Atiku said noting that anything that will put democracy in jeopardy in Ekiti or anywhere else in Nigeria should be stopped forthwith.
Atiku admonished the federal government to do everything within its powers to douse the tension being generated over the governorship election in Ekiti State”, he said adding that he welcomes the call by the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres for the reactivation of the National Peace Committee as an instrument to stem the continued escalation of violence and killings in Nigeria.