PANDEF calls for prosecutions after death in Asaba, Nigeria
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Trust
The PANDEF forum, which brings together Niger Delta leaders, calls on security services to investigate recent political violence in Warri, Calabar and Asaba. It cites in particular the 7 November attack in Asaba, which reportedly killed one person, and urges political actors to show restraint ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The PANDEF forum (Pan Niger Delta Forum), which brings together Niger Delta stakeholders, calls for investigations into three episodes of political violence and for the prosecution of those responsible. According to a statement on Monday by its national chairman, Ambassador Godknows Igali, the violence in Asaba, Delta State, on 7 November, left one person dead.
The two other incidents cited are the violence of 18 September on the Warri/Effurun axis and that of 4 November in Calabar. PANDEF asks the Nigeria Police and the Department of State Services (DSS), the domestic intelligence service, to identify the masterminds and perpetrators. The forum also calls on parties to hold their rallies in secure venues, and on young people not to serve as instruments of violence ahead of the 2027 general elections.
This statement follows closely another attack in Asaba against a political convoy, reported on 8 November by our team.
