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| Alhaji Gani Galadima |
Less than 24 hours to the Kogi State
supplementary governorship election, the National Chairman of the Allied
Congress Party of
Nigeria and the presidential candidate of the party in the
2015 general election, Alhaji Gani Galadima has been kidnapped by gunmen.
Galadima, who is the Deputy National
Chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council was kidnapped on Friday morning in
Osara village after Obajana in Kogi State on his way to attend the burial of
his elder brother in Ilorin, Kwara State.
The National Chairman of IPAC and
Chairman of the Progressive Peoples Alliance, Chief Peter Ameh, who confirmed
the abduction in an interview with our correspondent, said the kidnappers
called him on the telephone and demanded N40m.
“Alhaji Gani Galadima, was kidnapped
this (Friday) morning in Osara village after Obajana. He was traveling to his
village to attend the burial of his elder brother in Ilorin, Kwara State. I
have reported the matter to the police,” Ameh said.
When contacted the spokesperson for Kogi
State Police Command, Mr. Ovye Williams, confirmed the incident.
Williams, an Assistant
Superintendent of Police said, “The report has been lodged with us over the
abduction of the politician. We are on top of the situation. I’m trying to get
in touch with the DPO of the area for necessary action.”
Galadima was among five of the 14
presidential candidates who, along with their parties, signed a statement
urging the Independent National Electoral Commission to postpone the 2015
elections to a more appropriate date.
The political parties, had in a
resolution calling for the postponement, claimed to have “observed some
dangerous trends, which if not checked may negatively and adversely affect our
democracy.”
The parties which hinged their call
for the postponement on security, distribution of PVCs and people deserting
their residences for their villages, had also threatened to boycott the
elections if their position was not respected.
Source: Punch Newspaper.
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