Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, has condemned an attack on one of his supporters, Mr. Joshua Alamu, by suspected political thugs.
According to DAILY POST, Mr Alamu was attacked on Saturday during a sensitization campaign in Nasarawa State ahead of the 2023 presidential election.
Concerned Nigerians reacted by demanding a thorough investigation into the identities of those responsible for the heinous incident.
In response, the Labour Party candidate reiterated his call for an enabling environment in which everyone can exercise their fundamental human rights without fear of reprisal in a tweet on his verified Twitter handle.
“Once again, I wish to emphasize that Nigerian civic and political space must remain open for the Nigerian people to exercise their constitutional rights to free assembly,” he wrote.
“Physical attacks on people exercising their rights are completely unacceptable.” -PO”.
