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In the Name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful

Press Release: MURIC CONDEMNS SPATE OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE 4th April 2007

A political debate held yesterday (Tuesday 3rd April 2007) in Abeokuta, Ogun State ended prematurely when violence broke out between supporters of Governor Gbenga Daniel of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and those of Ibikunle Amosun of the Action Congress (AC). Earlier on Monday, a clash in Oregun area between supporters of Babatunde Fashola and Musiliu Obanikoro, Lagos AC and PDP gubernatorial aspirants respectively, left several people injured and properties worth millions of naira destroyed.
Political violence across the country has not been less disturbing. Just last week, Aregbesola’s home was attacked in Ilesha and Buhari’s rally was violently disrupted in Akure.

These are danger signals turning the whole country into a keg of gun powder. The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) calls on all politicians to sheath their swords. Maturity in politics calls for the harnessing of intellectual resources, ability to evolve vision and the capacity to showcase such vision to the people, leaving the rest to the electorate to decide. MURIC charges politicians to rely more on the strength of conviction rather than physical force. We condemn political violence. It is barbaric, irrational and counter-productive.

We charge the police to rein in violently inclined supporters of any political party. The police should provide adequate protection for all candidates as well as their supporters. Heavy police presence is a sine qua non at all political rallies. The police should also create a level playing ground for all parties and play the role of an unbiased umpire.

However, we are constrained to repeat our warning that the military should keep off. Apart from being an abuse of the ethics of the profession, military intervention is a mark of betrayal of one’s country, the height of indiscipline, an obsession for power and a symptom of greed.

Finally, we advise Nigerian youths not to allow themselves to be used as thugs by politicians.

Dr. Is-haq Akintola
DIRECTOR
 
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