The New Nigeria People’s Party, (NNPP), on Saturday, described Nigeria as now a killing field.
The Party expressed the deep worry that the rising spate of politically induced killings across Nigeria, is a threat to the country’s democracy.
The National Chairman of NNPP, Prof. Rufai Ahmed Alkali, said the party is calling for justice over the assassination of a member of NNPP in Bayelsa State, Hon. Sunday Frank Oputu.
He described the gristly killing of former factional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress as politically induced assassination, stressing that it has the signature of a political killing.
According to him, the ugly act is capable of ‘killing’ the confidence of the people in the ability of the Nigerian State to protect the lives and property of its people.
Hon. Frank Oputu was an active former Chairman of the Conference of the Nigeria Political Parties ( CNPP) and Inter- Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Bayelsa State, before he joined the NNPP.
According to the party, Oputu, prior to his joining the NNPP, was a factional State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) before he was assassinated in his residence, in Yenegoa, the state capital.
The Bayelsa State Chairman of the NNPP, Dr. Joel Tubonimi, who brought the sad incident to the attention of the National Secretariat, said the matter has since been reported to the police.
A statement by the Media Office of the National Chairman of the NNPP, in Abuja, on Saturday, said the rising spate of insecurity across Nigeria generally is condenmable and questionable. The party said they need justice for both the deceased and the family he left behind.
“We received with shock news of the death of one of our active members in Bayalsa State, the late Sunday Oputu. Sadly, his assassination by yet to be identified gunmen was not an isolated case
“Nigerians are losing their lives daily to bandits, terrorists and through other extra-judicial means to such an extent that people are beginning to wonder if we have a government
“While we appeal to our members especially in Bayelsa to remain calm, and not to take the laws into their own hands, we demand immediate action from security agencies”.
“We want the assassination investigated and the culprits brought to justice”.
“We pray God grants those left to mourn our departed colleague the fortitude to bear the loss. We also pray for the repose of his soul.” The statement said.
