APC demands arrest of Zamfara PDP women leader

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State on Tuesday condemned the calls for violence by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Women Leader in the state, Hajiya Rabi Madawaki.

In a statement issued in Gusau by the State APC Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris, the party asked security agencies to investigate the matter thoroughly.

Idris said: “We call on the security agencies to immediately arrest the women leader, Hajiya Rabi Madawaki, over her uncultured utterances..

“APC as a strong opposition party in the state will not be intimidated by any threats from the Zamfara PDP government and they should know that the will of the people must prevail.

“The state PDP Women Leader, Hajiya Rabi Madawaki, made the statement in the presence of the Governor’s wife, Hajiya Huriyya Dauda.

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“The threat and intimidation by the PDP women leader came out with a completely different but savage way of forcing out support and subsequently, votes for the governor, Mr. Dauda Lawal, in the 2027 governorship election.

“Madawaki said in the presence of the governor’s wife in Hausa language, at a gathering held in Gusau on Friday, that translated as ‘anyone who does not vote for Dauda, we will maim, beat, kill him, (zamu ci ubanshi zamu yi mashi duka).

He stressed that elections are always supposed to be free, fair, and non-violent in a civilized society.

The spokesman added: “President Bola Tinubu’s administration is trying to remove such threats to lives and property as well as any form of intimidation from politics.

“The Zamfara chapter of the APC will not be scared by any form of intimidation and harassment or any act of violence.”

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