Mr. Manasseh Akperashi Gum, an ACN chieftain in Kwande has sued for peace among his Usar kinsmen, because he noted the aborted polls recently had leaked the bad intentions of some politicians.
Akperashi, whose younger brother, Chief John Akperasi Gum is a staunch PDP man, noted in a sober tone as he addressed his Usar people comprising of Traditional rulers, elders, party men and women, youths at his country home recently that he had called them of the ugly issue because it was capable of brewing violence if not nipped in the bud.
Addressing the crowd, he said “it is wrong to force any political party or candidate on the people. In a democratic setting, political parties are allowed to sell the agenda of their candidates and the people there after choose the candidates whose programmes they like”
He condemned the politics where thugs were either imported or hired to intimidate people or disrupt electoral activities. “I don’t think Usar want violence. What we should expect from politics is development and not destruction, so it is our responsibility to say no to violence and advise others to do same. If we fail to do that, the possibility of retaliation becomes inevitable and I don’t think that will bring development.”
Responding to him, Traditional rulers, elders, women leaders, party men and the youths noted that the major cause of crises in Usar was PDP. “PDP is intolerant”Mbakuran Wayo noted. Mrs Mary Bagidi said mothers were to be blamed for most of the problems because they were not allowing their husbands to bring up their children properly. Elders like Iorashima Tionkwange, Iornumbe Asawa, and Kerakaa said Usar used to be under different political parties but they nwver resorted to violence, unlike Gboko Sase and Yese Uzege, anybody who was introducing divisive politics in Usar will suffer severe consequences.
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