Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, has criticised the alleged detention and intimidation of his supporters, known as Obidients.
The former Anambra State governor condemned recent claims that some security personnel secretly arrested several Obidients as unsettling and condemnable in a Twitter thread on Tuesday.
He stated that elections would not be free and fair if some groups intimidated their opponents during campaigns and at polling places.
Obi wrote, “Elections are not deemed free and fair when a certain group employs the tool of intimidation to ensure that the opposition is silenced, both at the campaigns and at the polls.
“Peaceful assembly and unfettered electioneering campaigns are constitutionally guaranteed. Both and other ordered liberties cannot be breached wilfully by security agents.
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“Recent reports of OBIdients being silently arrested by some security agents is extremely disturbing and condemnable. We must ensure that everyone is given a level playing field in the forthcoming elections, and that no eligible Nigerian, irrespective of ethnicity, religion, or political affiliation is disenfranchised, more so through violence and intimidation.”
Obi then called on the Federal and State Agencies to respect civil liberties of the citizens.
“I call on the Federal and State agencies to remind their operatives on the need to respect civil liberties,” Obi said.
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