Sina Kawonise (SK), a governorship aspirant on the platform of the Labour Party (LP) in Ogun State has condemned, in very strong terms, the recent violent attack on a gathering of APC members convened by Senator Gbenga Obadara (Ogun Central), in the Wasinmi area of Ogun State in which ten people, including the Senator's police orderly were shot. This is the third time within two weeks that violence would be unleashed on attendees at different APC gatherings in Ogun State.
The first one being at Abeokuta, the second at Ijebu-Igbo and the most recent one at Wasinmi. The governorship hopeful warns the imcumbent governor of the state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun not to allow his desperation for a second term ticket to drive him into turning the state into a theatre of war where human blood is shed with so much impunity, all because of individual ambition.
A situation where journalists and even policemen are attacked by political thugs loyal to those who hold the reins of power in Ogun State is totally unacceptable. Even more worrisome is the response of Governor Ibikunle Amosun, who is supposed to be the state' s chief security officer, to the ugly situation. It is completely insensitive of Governor Amosun to have accused the conveners of the botched gathering of holding the gathering when they should have been attending the 75th birthday of APC leader, Bisi Akande, in Lagos.
This insensitive response reveals a man who places little or no value on human life. Politics, according to SK, should not be a do or die affair. The governor should give internal democracy a chance in the APC and allow the will of the majority to prevail.
Kayode Ajala Director, Media and Publicity, SK Campaign Organisation.
