The Peoples Democratic Party has raised the alarm over an alleged conspiracy by the Kogi State government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to cause harm to the lives, reputations and ambitions of its candidates ahead of the 2023 elections. According to the PDP in a letter to the police, Army and State Security Service (Department of State Services), the party’s candidates have faced an undue and unprecedented level of persecution, intimidation and attacks against their persons as well as their close political associates since their emergence.