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Under Buhari, APC, people get handsomely rewarded for perpetrating violence —PDP

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Under Buhari, APC, people get handsomely rewarded for perpetrating violence —PDP

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Kano State chapter has frowned at the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) for accusing PDP of being behind the violence that marred the state supplementary governorship election on March 23.

The party said for BMO to have made such claim was prove that violence pays under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC government, “since those who perpetrate violence were being rewarded handsomely by INEC as we have witnessed in Kano state.”

Kano State chairman of PDP, Rabiu Bichi, stated this when he spoke on Thursday with newsmen in Abuja.

Violence and other sundry electoral irregularities reportedly marred the state governorship supplementary poll.

Incumbent Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, the APC candidate, who was trailing Abba Yusuf of PDP at the end of March 9 election, won after the supplementary election.

Worried that BMO could accuse PDP of masterminding the violence during the poll, 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 went further to say, “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.

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“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.”

He expressed optimism that the PDP would recover the mandate “freely” given to its candidate by Kano electorate.

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