PDP Denies Link with Arrested Suspected Cultist in Ilorin
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have denied having any links with one Safi Abolaji AKA Ojulari, a suspected cultist arrested in Ilorin at an All Progressives Congress (APC) rally for the Ilorin west and Asa federal constituency candidate, Mal. Muktar Shagaya.
THECONSCIENCEng had reported that 44-year old Ojulari from Kankatu area of the town who was just recently released from the correctional facility after serving a prison term was accosted by private citizens, caught with two locally made short-guns with cartridges and some charms and handed over to the police on January 29, 2023, at about 1530 hrs, at Ojuekun Sarumi area in Ilorin.
The PDP however in a statement on Tuesday signed by Prince ‘Tunji Moronfoye, the state Publicity Secretary, said “Ojulari” isn’t a registered member of the PDP, adding that it neither harbour thugs and cultists nor encourage thuggery in any shape or form.
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The statement noted that Dr. Abubakar ‘Bukola Saraki (CON) has already petitioned the inspector General of police (IGP) to investigate and prosecute the people who claimed Ojulari was Saraki’s assassin.
The PDP further accused the ruling APC of using falsehood to score cheap political point and urged electorates to reject the party.
‘We exhort Nigerians and Kwarans to ignore the “dying horse’s” last kicks shenanigans of the unfortunate Kwara state APC regime and vote in the PDP, from top to bottom in the fast-approaching general elections. It is already clear that the 8-year torment of Nigerians must come to an end with the rejection of the APC regime both at the national and state level,’ it stated.
