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OMPAN Cautions Politicians Over Electoral Violence

The Association of Online Media Practitioners of Nigeria (OMPAN), Oyo State chapter,  has called on politicians not to  encourage any form of violence before, during and after the coming general elections.    The Association, in a Press Statement signed by its Chairman, Mr Remi Oladoye and available to journalists by Dare Adeniran Public Relation Officer, said no election worths human blood as sacrificies.  They noted that the recent political  developments in the state call for urgent attention and need for the stakeholders to be conscious of the fact a sane and peaceful society must be promoted and not a state where violence reign supreme, especially during electioneering campaigns. "Encouraging thuggery and using hooligans to intimidate and opress people should be totally discouraged by political parties, candidates and their godfathers". "Politicians should not take the advantage of the youths idleness to recruite them as political thugs instead of