SENATOR TAMBUWAL: SOKOTO STATE PEOPLE REMAIN RESOLUTE FOR CHARGE

As the mass of Nigerian citizens live in growing fear of the future of the nation's Democracy under the present APC Administration, the People's Democratic Party in Sokoto State wishes to express alarm at escalating deployment of state institutions as tools of repression against political opposition by the Government of Ahmed Bola Tinubu, through its agents across the country.

The arrest of the immediate past Governor of Sokoto State, Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal by the EFCC last Monday is viewed by all perceptive Nigerians as the  continuation of the assault on political dissent in the country, especially against the background of the gathering coalition of progressive forces against the ongoing misrule by the incumbent administration. The selective and discriminatory manner the anti-graft agency conducts its activities, clearly proves the desperation of the APC-led government to cling to power against growing national rejection.

The motive of the trumped up probe is obvious to the people of Sokoto State, who testify to the fiscal discipline and financial prudence of the Tambuwal eight years administration as Governor, especially those who served in his government. We note that the so-called investigation is a mere fishing trip at the instance of political actors within the state and Abuja, who have in the past several years, been obsessed with smearing his enviable image and intimidating him into abandoning his opposition to their misrule.

It is common knowledge in many quarters in Sokoto State that the current issue being touted by the anti-corruption body is an old phantom that has repeatedly hit the brick wall. The matter is therefore, being raised from the dead by desperate political forces, who themselves have genuine corruption case files gathering dust at the EFCC that are ignored for obvious partisan reasons.

Our Party wishes to re-echo the demand of the citizens of Nigeria for anti-graft agencies in the country to live above board and desist from being tools for the execution of polical agendas. Their constitutional obligations to the nation should take precedence over the whims of repressive elements in the corridors of power.

The PDP shares the confidence of the people of Sokoto State in the unblemished credibility of Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and our trust in his ethical and moral uprightness cannot be shaken by trumped-probes, while we remain resolute in following his lead in the pursuit of change in our state and nation at large.

We urge supporters of our Great Party and the good people of Sokoto to remain law-abiding and steadfast in the demand for and work for change towards genuine democracy and good governance in our state and Nigeria as a whole and never be daunted by the repressive schemes of reactionary forces, no matter how highly places.