Written By Goke Butuka
Speaker, State of Osun House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Najeem Salaam has warned opposition politicians to eschew violence, saying politics should be contestation of ideas and deliverables, not the battle of blood and sorrow.
Addressing party faithful at Ejigbo mega rally of his All Progressives Congress (APC), Speaker Salaam who doubles as the chairman of the APC campaign committee for the Osun West Senatorial District by-election, stressed that it was worrisome, the way and manner the opposition position was prosecuting their campaign, disclosing that it was leaving violence and destruction of campaign materials of the candidate of the ruling party on its trail.
Speaker Salaam then admonished the opposition candidate to rein his violent supporters in, warning that the long arm of the law is a respecter of no one as long as it could be established that the violence emanates from such individual.
Besides, Speaker Salaam warned people in Osun West district, particularly rural dwellers to be vigilant and monitor strange faces in their respective communities, revealing that he was informed of alleged movement of some hired militants from Niger Delta and North East recruited by some desperate politicians to cause violence in some select communities, warning that the security agencies were on top of the situation.
He further reiterated that Osun has been enjoying peace and harmonious relationship before the violence was reignited by some unscrupulous politicians who thought violence could be used to prosecute their campaigns which had shattered communal peace in Ede and Ido- Osun and Ejigbo, warning that the ruling party is not weak but lenient based on democratic tenet.
Salaam further urged the electorate to consider experience and exposition, saying Osun should not make mistake of sending a Senator without cognate experience and who would not be placed among the ranking lawmakers in Abuja at this critical moment; describing Senator Mudashir Husain as the only one that fits the profile for now.
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