{"id":62239,"date":"2018-05-17T19:54:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=62239"},"modified":"2018-05-17T19:54:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T18:54:00","slug":"dont-link-me-and-saraki-to-killer-cultists-governor-abdulfatah-tells-igp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/dont-link-me-and-saraki-to-killer-cultists-governor-abdulfatah-tells-igp\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Link Me and Saraki To Killer Cultists, Governor Abdulfatah Tells IGP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has denied any link with suspects<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">accused of killings and cultism, urging the Inspector General of Police,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">IGP, Ibrahim Idris Kpotum, to desist from attempting to frame himself and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Senate President Bukola Saraki.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Saraki had at Senate plenary on Wednesday alleged that the police chief<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">had transferred some criminal suspects undergoing interrogation in Kwara<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to make statements to implicate him and the state government.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">In a statement by his spokesperson, Muideen Akorede, on the matter<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Thursday, Mr Ahmed as denied as \u201cfalse and misleading, insinuations<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">linking\u201d him and Mr Saraki \u201cwith the suspected cultists arrested in<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Ilorin, the state capital and transferred by the Nigeria Police to Abuja.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The governor said neither him nor the Senate President or any of their<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">aides have links with the suspected cultists or their alleged activities.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHe also denied any knowledge of or any intention to harm any individual<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">as the political leadership in the state has never used violence as a<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">political tool.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The statement referred the general public to the parade of the suspects by<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the state commissioner of police, Aminu Pai Saleh on Thursday, May 10, in<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Ilorin, \u201cduring which he announced that the suspects were arrested for<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">alleged murder and membership of cult groups but made no mention of any<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">confessional statement linking their activities to any sponsors.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Mr Ahmed described the alleged killings as the outcome of clashes between<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">rival cults in the state \u201cas most victims have been identified by security<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">agencies as members of cult groups.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">According to the statement, \u201cGovernor Ahmed emphasised that the growing<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">problem of cultism and cult-related criminalities formed the basis of his<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">charge to the new Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Saleh to focus<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">on ending the menace on his resumption last month.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAccording to him, the state government sees cultism as a serious security<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">issue requiring urgent attention and has accordingly amended the State<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Cultism Law to prescribe stiffer penalties for convicts and those who aid<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">and abet them, besides providing operational support to all security<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">agencies in the state in their fight against all forms of criminalities,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">including cultism.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cGovernor Ahmed warned that cultism is a serious security challenge which<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">should neither be trivialised and turned into a political tool nor be<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">treated with levity.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHe therefore urged well-meaning Nigerians to disregard any attempt to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">politicise the menace of cultism but focus instead on joining hands with<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the government and security agencies to bring the menace to an end in the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">interest of public safety while allowing the rule of law and justice to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">prevail in the matter.\u201d<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has 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