Two young men have been arrested by the Kogi State Police Command for campaigning against President Muhammadu Buhari in Lokoja.
The two protesters were first accosted by some young men who flogged them mercilessly before handing them over to the police.
The men were accused of painting buildings and pasting ‘Buhari Must Go’ posters.
Reacting to the development, the Kogi State Government commended youths of the state for rising to the occasion to crush what it described as the ungodly campaign by some imported and sponsored youths who came to the state to campaign against Buhari.
The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, said the youths congregated at Benue State from where they moved to Kogi and began to paint walls and display anti-Buhari posters.
“The Kogi youths, who are ardent supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari, apprehended the sponsored hoodlums and handed them to law enforcement agents for possible prosecution, for violating the environmental laws of Kogi and disturbing the peace. We are placing it on record that the fanatical following of the President by Kogi people is borne out of our faith in his integrity and quality leadership. Kogi is PMB and PMB is Kogi”, he said.
“The Kogi State Government hereby sounds a note of warning to all agents of destabilisation to steer clear of our state in their bid to play divisive, destructive, destabilising and debilitating politics. Kogi is focused on development and commitment to improving the living standard of the people,” he said.
The clip of the flogging of the protesters is circulating online with many twitter users condemning the act.
Kogi State is currently trending on twitter.
You cannot leave your state and come to our state to protest. Did we tell you we don’t want Buhari?
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Kogi indigenes flog the Buhari must go protesters mercilessly pic.twitter.com/qouQTCqZk2— PigoHedliger🇳🇬 (@OfficialPigo) April 5, 2021
