From Noah Ebije, Kaduna
National Secretary of Labour Party (LP), Umar Farouk Ibrahim, has raised the alarm that its supporters in Southern Kaduna were being killed by yet-to-be identified criminal elements.
He said the party viewed the killings in major strongholds of the party in Kaduna State and some parts of the country as a calculated attempt to demoralise its supporters.
However, while addressing a press conference, yesterday, the LP scribe appealed to party members and supporters to remain calm and be law-abiding.
He assured that the national body of the party was following all cases of killings in Kaduna State and other parts of the country till justice is not only done, but seen to be done.
He said: “Our great party has noticed with dismay in recent time, the spate of killings of our party supporters in Kaduna State, particularly in Southern Kaduna, which is one of our strongholds and the constituency of our governorship candidate, Jonathan Asake. We must rise to the occasion. We are calling on Kaduna State government and the security agents to bring an end to this heinous act.
“Just last week, our great party lost eight members in Kaura and Zangon Kataf local government areas respectively.
“These series of killing within short time is highly condemnable and insensitive, especially in this festive period.
“Our party strongly condemned these killings and we cannot continue folding our arms seeing our members killed on daily basis.
“As such, we call on the Kaduna State government to do all it takes to bring the perpetrators of this heinous act to book.
“We, in the Labour Party, wants the Kaduna State government to be proactive in protection of lives and property of the citizens.
“We, therefore, call on the state government to, as a matter of urgency, put all the mechanisms in motion, apprehend and prosecute whoever has hands in this criminality.
“The killing of the women leader, Mrs. Victoria Chintex, of Labour Party in Kaduna State is still fresh in our minds and we will follow up with her gruesome murder till Kaduna State government apprehends the culprits. Her husband who was attacked in the process, is still receiving treatment as we wish him speedy recovery.