Zamfara PDP Accuses Ruling APC Of Masterminding Arrest Of Former Minister Bilbis

By Aminu Abdullahi Gusau.

The Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) has alledged that, the arrest of former minister, and the PDP senatorial candidate Ikira Aliyu Bilbis, was matermined by the ruling APC in the state.

This was made known by the PDP State Chairman Alhaji Mukhtar Muhammed Lugga while ddressing newsmen at the residence of Gen. Aliyu Gusau (Rtd)in Gusau,  saying that the ruling APC was afraid to see such crowd behind PDP.

According to the chairman, the APC ruling government claimed that the rally was illegal, pointing out that PDP had obtained permission from the inspector General of Police (IGP), DSS and other security agencies in the State before the rally.

Hon, Lugga maitained that, even before the rally their supporters had been warned to be law abiding because it is very clear that APC in the State is playing politics with bitterness.

He however  insisted that none of the PDP members tempered with any billboard or poster belonging to APC or anybody, pointing out that even if APC claims that its billboards and posters were destroyed, APC must have been responsible for score cheap political point.

The chairman  noted that PDP in the State can never be intimidated with security operatives, vowing that the party in the State would not surrender to any  threats by APC and would not change its focus rather, saying that the aim and objective of PDP is to change the narrative in the State. 

" We are aware that all the empty propaganda that the APC is making in the State was just to secure sympathy from people and get cheap publicity because the party knows that the electorates in the State would revolt against APC in 2023 general elections. 

The  chairman lamented that APC is the roots of any political unrest in the State, pointing out that the party would cause political unrest and return back to fix blames on PDP.

Lugga explained that the very day the peace accord was signed by all political parties in the State, PDP Secretariat in Gusau was attacked by uniformed men, stressing that the evidences are with them including videos.

He maintained that the peace accord must be revisited if actually the security agencies want peace in the State because APC in the State is the security problem.

He advised APC to play politics by the rule, saying that the party wants to retain power by all means through do or die affairs, stressing that no form of intimidation would stop PDP in the State from forging ahead.

"We have designed strategies to wrestle power from the ruling APC and reposition Zamfara State because the government of APC is tired, weak and flatted"

"Our political activities have just started and the APC members are now shivering tackles of when the campaign starts fully, the members of the party would know that we have arrived"