PDP alleges APC wants to forcefully take over Zamfara
…rejects State of Emergency in Zamfara
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it has uncovered a sinister plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Federal Government to forcefully take over the governance of Zamfara state through an imposition of an orchestrated state of emergency in the state.
PDP made the allegation in a press statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbodiyan in Abuja.
The party said it rejects attempt by power-mongers in the APC administration to undermine and subvert the democratic order in Zamfara state by creating the impression that the state government, under Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle, is to blame for the failures of the APC-led federal government to contain insecurity in the state.
The party also alleged that the refusal of the Governor Matawalle to defect to APC is behind the orchestrated plot to unsettle the state
The Statement read in part, “It is instructive to recall that the plot by the APC to derail the Matawalle administration and forcefully take over the control of the state started immediately after the Supreme Court handed him victory in the Zamfara state governorship election; a plot which heightened after Governor Matawalle refused the pressure to decamp to the APC. Nigerians can recall that our party had on December 19, 2020 issued a statement to alert of plots by the National Caretaker Committee of the APC, using an impostor, as spokesperson, to heighten insecurity in the Northwest part of our country.
“The PDP had in that statement, further alerted of conspiracies by the APC to use the said impostor to destabilize Northwest states, particularly Zamfara, by creating the space for acts of violence and blame it on Governor Matawalle.
“PDP in the statement said it had also expressed concerns of series of devious statements against Governor Matawalle by the APC, a party that has been exposed to be encouraging acts of terrorism, banditry and kidnapping in the country.
“We invite Nigerians to further note how the APC has been quiet over disturbing videos, which had gone viral, showing self-confessed bandits admitting their fury of being abandoned by the APC after the party used them to muscle the 2015 and 2019 elections. Equally disturbing is the attempt by some APC leaders, who are masquerading under extraneous organizations, to seek political capital out of the situation in Zamfara state, which escalated due to the failures and compromises of the APC-led administration.”
