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The Kaduna State chapter of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the state
government of allegedly, massively mobilising and
importing foreign mercenaries from within Nigeria
and neighbouring countries to cause mayhem and
facilitate rigging, “hence justifying the boast by
the Governor of winning election by 1:00pm and
that his re-election is a done deal.”
Addressing a press conference in Kaduna, state
chairman of the party, Felix Hassan Hyat said
desperate politicians, in a bid to outwit their
opponents, are employing dangerous measures,
some of which are capable of derailing the
nation’s democracy.
According to him, the utterances of the state
governor, Nasir El Rufai, in recent times are
capable of threatening democracy.
Hyet was apparently responding to a recent
allegation which claimed that governor El Rufai
was privy to intelligence reports which indicated
that the PDP was planning to disrupt the coming
election because of imminent defeat.
He said, “It is with a heavy heart and deep
concern over the threat to our democracy that we
bring to your attention a dangerous and
disturbing trend of pre-meditated, desperate
narratives and provocative acts by the Governor
of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai.
“It is obvious that the Governor, whose poor
performance and empty propaganda for close to
four years, has now resulted in the total loss of
confidence and popularity.”
Continuing, Hyet said as follows:
“This is evident in the downward trend in terms of
key performance indicators and sectorial outcome
targets in key sectors that directly have impact
on the welfare, livelihood and security of the good
people of Kaduna State.
“We are deeply concerned that the Governor who
has realised that the good people of Kaduna State
have resolved to vote him out, is employing
desperate measures that threaten our democracy,
considering the fact that happenings in the State
greatly have spill-over effect across the country
because, it is a truism that when Kaduna sneezes,
the Nigerian nation catches cold.
“The Governor has continuously turned a blind eye
to kidnappings and killings especially in Birnin
Gwari and Southern Kaduna. He has failed to
adequately fund security agencies to fight these
ugly crimes but is deploying huge public
resources to champion his anti-people political
agenda of self perpetuation in office.
“His Party members, as at the time, were not left
out in his egocentric and draconian rule as he
used a state agency to demolish the properties of
fellow Party men who disagreed with his
approach.
“Again, thugs suspected to be sponsored by key
aides of the Governor attacked and injured many
during a Press Conference by a faction of his
Party men. In his characteristic self, he was
captured on video and audio clips instigating his
supporters to shave off the hair and beard of
Senators that opposed his loan request which
was rejected in the best interest of the good
people of Kaduna State.
“As the 2019 General Elections draw nearer, his
desperation level is at an all-time high with all
available objective assessment showing that
voters in the State are determined to send him
packing. Considering the ethno-religious tension
in the state, his decision to run a Muslim-Muslim
ticket was received with mixed reactions.
“He has continued to re-echo the religious
narrative which is obviously an early warning
sign. His recent interview on Channels TV left
much to be desired where he desperately sold the
narrative that Christians do not like him because
of his religion, also adding that ‘even if he picked
the Pope as his running mate, Christians in the
State will not vote for him. This is rather
unfortunate!”
“The recruitment of vigilante, also known as Kato
da Gora, many of whom have questionable
records, is suspect. They are only being
positioned to be used as ‘legitimate thugs’ during
the elections, despite and contrary to the fact
that the outfit is not recognized by INEC as part
of the security apparatus. This is also hinged on
the role they played during the last Local
Government Council elections.
“There are allegations that there is mass
mobilisation and importation of foreign
mercenaries from within Nigeria and neighbouring
countries to cause mayhem and facilitate rigging,
hence justifying the boast by the Governor of
winning election by 1:00pm and that his re-
election is a done deal;
“Our impeccable sources revealed that the
Governor and his Party, the APC compiled,
proposed posting and submitted to INEC lists of
all Ad-hoc Staff in the 23 Local Government
Areas, Wards and Polling Units to facilitate his
victory through the back door.
“Deduction of monies from LGA accounts to bribe
INEC Staff to facilitate the above (c) plan: We
observed that in their 2019 budget, some Local
Governments have budgeted items for the
elections, and we expect that those are the
monies that will be used.
“Raising false alarm on alleged but unfounded
security challenges in the State to justify the
deployment of security personnel to be used to
intimidate voters thereby paving way for altering
or cancellations of results in areas he is very
unpopular,” Hyet concluded.
Several calls to the spokesman of the governor,
Samuel Aruwan, for his response were
unanswered.
When our correspondent called again at 6:35 pm,
his known number was switched off.
source: www.vanguardngr.com/2019/02/el-rufai-importing-mercenaries-from-neighbouring-countries-to-disrupt-elections-pdp/