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Kogi State government has described Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) stand on Austin Okai’s arrest as michievous, uninformed and misdirected.
In a swift reaction to PDP’s press statement, the Director General for Media and Publicity to Kogi State Governor, Evangelist Kingsley Fanwo counseled PDP to face their crisis and the mass defection that has hit their party through the ongoing membership drive of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
“Austin Okai is a citizen of Nigeria who has rights. But his rights stops where the rights of others start. Freedom of expression is not meant to jeorpadize and injure the integrity of others. If security agencies find his criticisms untoward and inciting, are we saying they do not have the power to arrest him for questioning? We don’t know if Okai is actually a PDP member because we have pictures of him in APC apparels. PDP’s accusation is a tyranny of freedom on its own,” he said
“As a government, we are in full support of thorough investigation into Okai’s activities, his inciting statements and his desperation to malign the person of the Governor and the integrity of the government. Citizens must begin to be held responsible for their actions and inactions.
“Accusing the present administration in the state of tyranny is reckless as such claims are purile and unsubstantiated. People who offend the law must be made to defend themselves.
“The present administration will remain committed to the anchors of democratic governance and free space with the belief though that every freedom demands responsibilities.
“PDP leaders should not be jittery. Police investigations will reveal all they are hiding and the people of Kogi State will know the real enemies of the state. This government will not be cowed by social media propaganda. We know where we are coming from and we know where we are going.”
He challenged Kogi PDP leaders to tell Kogi people what they did with the state’s commonwealth for over 12 years the party held sway in the state. He added that corruption is more tyrannical than asking suspects to give explanations on their suspected crimes.
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