ALLEGED INCITEMENT: KEYAMO PETITIONS DSS, DEMANDS ARREST OF PETER OBI
Mr Festus Keyamo (SAN), Minister of State for Labour and Employment, has petitioned the Department of State Services, DSS, for the arrest and prosecution of the Labour Party, LP. presidential and vice presidential candidates, Peter Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed, for comments he described as incendiary and capable of inciting rebellion.
The minister, who is the chief spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council. PCC, said in a post-election period such as this, there was a need to soothe frayed nerves, lower the temperature, and begin the healing process in a petition addressed to the Director-General DSS and dated March 23.
"The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, issued a statement to this effect a few days ago.
"However, it appears the presidentila and vice-presidential candidates of the Labour Party. Mr Peter Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed are not prepared to toe this conciliatory path for the sake of peace and national cohesion, whilst exercising their rights to pursue duly laid down constitutional means of addressing their grievances," he stated.
Services, DSS, for the arrest and prosecution of the Labour Party, LP. presidential and vice presidential candidates, Peter Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed, for comments he described as incendiary and capable of inciting rebellion.
According to him, "These comments and claims are made, not just within the boundaries of exercising their rights to freedom of speech and the freedom to air their grievances publicly, but they have since crossed the line to call for the outright truncation of democracy by insisting on the adoption of other processes outside the contemplation of our Constitution.
"In some cases, their privies have even called for the establishment of an Interim Government.
"The latest of such are the comments made by Datti Baba-Ahmed on behalf of himself and Mr. Peter Obi on Channels TV on Wednesday, March 22, wherein he threatened that if the President-elect was sworn in on May 29.
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