The Minister of Police
Affairs, Alhaji Jelili Adesiyan, has warned that from now henceforth anybody
who incites the people to violence will be dealt with according to the law.
The minister was
speaking in Lagos at the public presentation of ‘Watch The Watcher’, a book
recounting the Obasanjo years written by Yinka Odumakin, at the Sheraton Hotel
and Towers, Ikeja.
Adesiyan who noted
utterances by some politicians to foment trouble during the general elections
next year and form a parallel government if they did not win the election, said
anyone issuing threats to incite violence in the country will from now be
arrested and charged to court for inciting the people against the government.
“Let them try it now
and I’m telling you all that I have started discussing with the
Inspector-General of Police and the Director-General of Department of State
Security (DSS) on the need to bring all those making inflammatory statements
capable of causing violence in the land, to book.
“This government will
no longer tolerate people making statements to incite the people against the
government.
“This country belongs
to us all and nobody can claim that it belongs to a section. They cannot
capture power.
News Credit: Mirror
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