In the strongest possible terms, the Centre condemns the escalating threats that some members of Nigeria’s ruling party, the APC, have been freely issuing against opposition supporters across the country.

Two recent incidents are particularly alarming and must be unequivocally denounced. The first is the pre‑election threat issued by Senator Fadahunsi in Osun State; the second is the shocking threat made by the Chairman of the Kuje Area Council, Samuel Danjuma. Both threats were captured clearly on camera and therefore cannot be denied or explained away.

Yet, disturbingly, law‑enforcement agencies appear to be offering tacit support through their silence and inaction. Such rhetoric, left unchecked, fans the embers of conflict, legitimises political intimidation, and risks unleashing the forces of vandalism, violence, and death. The Centre insists that these threats are incompatible with democratic norms and calls for immediate, impartial action to prevent further deterioration of civic space in Nigeria.

At the last count, the APC controls more than 30 state Governors and commands a monumental majority in the National Assembly. The Centre therefore finds it wholly illogical and deeply troubling that a party which claims to have performed exceptionally well, and which boasts such overwhelming political strength, would allow its members to make a pastime of threatening not only opposition supporters but ordinary Nigerians.

This pattern of reckless rhetoric is unacceptable. If anything, it shows a party that is unsure of its performance; it demonstrates fear of rejection.

The Centre calls on law‑enforcement agencies to wake up to their constitutional responsibility. A careless or overzealous statements, followed by even a small attempt to act on such statement, and the inevitable reprisals that follow, could unleash an ill wind that spares no one – supporters of the APC and supporters of other political parties alike.

The Centre therefore condemns, in the strong terms possible, the eviction notice issued to Nigerians who do not support the APC in the Kuje Area Council.

We call on the law enforcement officers to immediately apprehend and try Mr Danjuma to serve as a deterrent to others. The state of insecurity in Nigeria is enough to call everyone’s attention to the fact that no one has a monopoly of violence. To be forewarned is to be forearmed; Nigeria cannot afford to ignore these dangerous signals.