Rabiu Bichi, chairman of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano state, says violence pays under the administration
of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The supplementary polls that held
in the state was marred by violence.
Abdullahi Ganduje, incumbent
governor and candidate of the APC, who was trailing Abba Yusuf, PDP candidate
in the March 9 election, won after the supplementary election.
Speaking with journalists in
Abuja on Thursday, Bichi dismissed the position of Buhari Media Organisation
(BMO) that PDP was behind the violence.
Bichi said it was unfortunate
that the organisation “took sides with Ganduje and his cohorts whose sponsored
thugs perpetuated massive votes buying , ballots stuffing and votes rigging.”
“By that such posture, BMO and
its sponsors have clearly shown that violence pays under the APC led government
since those who perpetrate were being rewarded handsomely by INEC as we have
witnessed in kano state,” he said.
“The APC benefitted from thuggery
orchestrated by the deputy governor and some of the commissioners.
“We make bold to say that nothing
could be further from the truth as there are verifiable evidence at the
disposal of our agents, election monitors and well meaning citizens of Kano
state to prove how the APC and their hired thugs under the watchful eyes of
security agents assaulted and disenfranchised our supporters in the desperate
bid to keep Ganduje in power at all cost.
“It is on record that the state
deputy governor, Nasiru Gawuna and the state commissioner for local government,
Alhaji Sule Garo were taken into custody for taking the laws into their hands
by disrupting the final Collation of results at the Nassarawa local government
area collation centre when defeat stared Ganduje in the face.
“That uncouth and shameful act
provided the alibi to INEC to declare the governorship election clearly won by
Abba Kabiru Yusuf inconclusive.
“The Gama ward incidence in
Nasarawa local government replete with voters intimidation, votes buying and
ballot box stuffing, as witnessed in all others local governments provides an
ample evidence of Ganduje’s hypocrisy on the issue.”
Bichi said the party would
recover the mandate “freely” given to its candidate.
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