The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the weekend cautioned
the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, who is the Chairman of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) Kogi State National Campaign Council, to steer
clear of the state as the people would not welcome incitements and threats in
the November 16 governorship election.
The PDP said in a statement issued by its National
Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, where he warned that the people of Kogi
State are already aware of individuals in the APC known for issuing threats as
well as the ‘body bag’ metaphor, and will never allow such incitements to
pervade the November election.
The PDP noted that
El-Rufai must have realised that whatever his party, the APC,
perpetuated in Kaduna State in the 2019 general election can no longer be
replayed, not even in Kaduna state or any other state of the federation, let
alone Kogi State, with its long-standing history of tough resistance to
forceful occupation and control.
Accordingly, the main opposition party said:
"El-Rufai, therefore, should not bother to lead a failed team of an
expansionist force into a lost battle. He should rather use the opportunity to
counsel Governor Yahaya Bello to accept his rejection by the people of Kogi State
and be ready to face the burden of a crushing defeat on November 16.
"The APC knows that Bello has gone down in
history as the worst governor ever in Nigeria, who cannot point to any
developmental project or initiative in governance done by hiss government, and
under whom a once vibrant and productive state has been reduced to the poorest
and most dejected in our country.
"If the APC means well for Kogi State, the
party should not be wasting its time to campaign but to counsel Bello to use
the remaining days of his abysmal tenure to show remorse; pay up the 36 months’
arrears he owes workers and pensioners; restitute for those who died because of
his suppressive rule, and get ready with his handover notes."
PDP stated further that the APC Campaign Council
should come to terms with the fact that the people of Kogi State had made up
their minds to repay Yahaya Bello in his own coin by kicking him out of office.
According to PDP, no amount of apologies,
intimidations, violence, vote buying and ‘body bag’ metaphor can change their
resolve or save Bello from defeat in this election.
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