The members of Concerned Ohafia Citizens (CoC) wish to express our unequivocal condemnation of the assault, brutalization, arrest, and detention of Hon. Kalu Mba Nwoke, the House of Assembly Member representing Ohafia South State Constituency, by acclaimed agents of the state government.
Our independent investigation indicates that Hon. Kalu Mba Nwoke did not violate any laws that would justify such severe actions, including intimidation, arrest, and detention by police officers who allegedly claimed to be acting under orders from the state government.
As a representative of the people, it is his fundamental right just like every other citizen to support whoever he wants.
It is also within his rights and inline with the rules guiding the conduct of elections to demand to see and inspect the voting materials including the result sheets before the commencement of elections.
Resorting to intimidation and bullying by the agents of the state government because he (Hon. Kalu Mba Nwoke) refused to support the candidate of ZLP is not just condemnable but an act of tyranny by the state government and its agents.
The publication circulating in some online newspapers sponsored by the state government alleging that he tried to disrupt voting is an unfounded and outright lie. We want to make it clear that his only offense is his refusal to accept the imposition of a candidate on him by the Deputy Governor.
We formally request that the state government issue an apology and for the Abia State House of Assembly to take a stance against this act of tyranny, intimidation, harassment, brutality, and the illegal detention of their member by police personnel allegedly acting on purported orders from the state government.
Sign….
Hon Chief Chidiebere Uwagwu Kalu
Immediate past commissioner for training Abia State and Spokesman of the group
Sign……
Hon Ukpai Kalu Ifegwu,
Secretary
