The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) and National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Kebbi state organised an interactive session to chart ways of bringing to an end hate speech and political thuggery out of the rising political tension in the state.

Speaking during the round table comprising representatives of all political parties in the state, the state Chairman of IPAC, Alhaji Ibrahim Muhammed, described the engagement as critical given the political situation in the state, which is gradually threatening the prevailing peace of the state.

He stressed that political parties in the state have a huge role to play in ensuring enduring peace by sensitising their supporters on the dangers of hate speech and political thuggery, saying “we are all living witnesses that Kebbi politics has always been clean without chaos or blood bath, but now tensions are high due to needless actions of some overzealous party supporters”.

Muhammed maintained that praise singers from parties are fueling hate speech when they are supposed to promote peace. adding that democracy has come to stay, therefore, it must be guarded by all possible means.

In his speech, the Kebbi State Director National Orientation Agency, Alhaji Nasir Karofi, appealed to the representatives of political parties to halt the spread of hate speech and political thuggery in the state.

Karofi maintained that politics without bitterness is known in Kebbi state, but the situation is about to degenerate into something unusual due to unsavoury behaviour of some party supporters who secretly sponsor political singers or party thugs to promote hate speech.

At the interactive, parties agreed to ensure their supporters stop the spread of hate speech and political thuggery in Kebbi State.