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NASS to security agents: Arest, prosecute electoral violence perpetrators

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AHEAD  of 2027 general elections, the National Assembly has condemned the wave of political violence across the country. While the Senate urged the security agents to apprehend and prosecute whoever was culpable in such acts to serve as deterrent to others. Speaking with journalists,  Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu(APC, Ekiti South),  said: “President Bola Tinubu is preaching peace and national harmony, the National Assembly is in support of Mr President on this.  “We thus condemn in totality any act of political violence and urge the security agents to apprehend whoever is culpable in  such heinous act.” Meanwhile, the Reps in its resolution, sequel to the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by the House Minority Leader, Mr. Fred Agbedi, and 16 other lawmakers, expressed concern over attacks on political meetings, rallies and processions in different parts of the country. In Katsina St...