In a petition signed by no fewer than 15 leaders of the group, the group urged the President to use his constitutional powers as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces to ensure that erring politicians were brought to book.
This was contained in a statement made available to The PUNCH on Tuesday.
In the letter to Buhari, the CUPP accused a senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kogi State, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, of sponsoring insecurity in the state.
CUPP also faulted an earlier petition by a law firm called Demaki and Demaki Legal Practitioners, allegedly written to discredit the Military and the Chief of Naval Staff, saying, “It is not difficult to see through the shenanigans of the petitioners that it was a sponsored blackmail by a desperate politician or a group of disgruntled politicians hellbent on compromising the security of the state prior to the coming election in order to give free reigns to terror and thuggery.”
In its petition, the CUPP specifically said that Akpoti-Uduaghan had in late 2022 organised a campaign rally at Okene, Kogi Central Senatorial District, and allegedly imported Niger Delta militants into the state for nefarious activities, wondering why security agencies had not invited her till date.
CUPP said, “Till date, there is no record of Mrs Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan having been invited for questioning despite outcries by residents about the intimidating presence of those armed Niger Delta militants.
“It is in this respect that, irrespective of the Party that those alleged belong, we have a patriotic duty to address a petition sent to your office by a law firm called DEMAKI AND DEMAKI LEGAL PRACTITIONERS about some heinous crimes happening in Kogi State which allegedly involve the Executive Governor of Kogi State, his Chief of Staff and a Naval officer by the name Commander Uchendu Nicholas Akalezi and his men.”
The group further urged the president to “kindly use your good offices to take prompt action on these matters before political desperados make good their plans to truncate the 2023 elections through active promotion of insecurity.”
