The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has refuted a purported attack on the Peoples Democratic Party‘s nominee for governor of the state, Dr. Daud Lawal.Infomation Guide Nigeria
Yusuf Sani, the Publicity Secretary for the APC, stated that the PDP disregarded the executive order by continuing their political activities despite the state’s high degree of insecurity.
Earlier reports claimed that APC-backed thugs attacked Lawal during the PDP’s governorship campaign in the Government Residential Area of the state.
On Monday, the Deputy Chairman of the PDP, Mouktar Lugga, and Sani featured in an interview with Channels Television observed by PUNCH’s correspondent to discuss the concerns.
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Sani stated that PDP thugs attacked and murdered one of eighteen environmental workers. In addition, he accused the PDP of being “insensitive” to the people by not pausing their campaign while other parties did so.
“There was an executive order signed by the governor and other security agencies in the state. The accord asked political parties to be suspended for at least 10 days to enable the agencies to curb insurgents. But the PDP decided not to comply with the order, not taking note that the lives of our citizens should be higher than any goal.”
Responding to an alleged high-handedness, and the issue of safety in the Zamfara GRA, the Sani said, “Nigerian Airforce had taken a blow against the bandits and this has caused them to carry out reprisals. This made the governor in collaboration with the state security council make the decision. The bandits blocked the roads. Insecurity in the state is a daily challenge.”
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Lugga replied that the APC had continued to use insecurity as a political weapon without regard for the association’s and the INEC’s constitutional rights.
He stated that the campaign schedule was created in the home of the party’s governorship candidate, Dr. Daud Lawal.
Lugga added, “The PDP had no single billboard because the APC would not allow it. There is a difference between an executive order and the constitution. They should have written to INEC to adjust the date. We obeyed the order when it complied with the INEC timetable.
“All these issues about insecurity are highly politicised. Just some days ago, they opened 45 schools claiming that the state was safe, and then afterwards during our campaigns, they say Zamfara is not safe.
“We applied to the relevant agencies and they permitted us to do so. The campaign was held in the residence of the governorship candidate. It was not done outside the premises. They infiltrated our campaign and attacked our PDP members. We have six security vehicles, yet we were attacked.”
