Arrest Peter Obi and Datti for incitement – Festus Keyamo petitions DSS

The Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has petitioned the Department of State Services, DSS, to arrest the candidates of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed.

He accused the duo of “incitement and treasonable felony”, over comments he described as incendiary and capable of causing rebellion.

In the petition addressed to the Director-General DSS and dated March 23, the minister who is chief spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, said in a post-election period such as this, there was a need to soothe frayed nerves, lower the temperature and begin the healing process.

He wrote on Twitter:

Earlier today, I submitted a petition to the Dept. of State Services (DSS) against Mr. Peter Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed to rein them in for their conducts and utterances which bother on incitement & treasonable felony. A call for peace & national healing does not amount to weakness

Read full petition below