By Lumineous Jannamike and Idris Salisu
Peoples Democratic Governors’ Discussion board, yesterday, condemned what it described because the over-militarisation of final Saturday’s by-elections, saying widespread irregularities characterised them, vote shopping for and violence.
The discussion board, which deliberated on the state of the nation at a gathering held in Gusau, Zamfara State, accused the All Progressives Congress, APC-led administration of rigging the elections by intimidation and inducement.
In a communiqué issued on the finish of the assembly, the discussion board’s Chairman, Bala Muhammad, who’s the governor of Bauchi State, expressed gratitude to members and supporters of the PDP for his or her loyalty in the course of the polls, urging Nigerians to be vigilant in defending their votes in future elections.
The communiqué reads: “Such distractions can not diminish the occasion’s sturdy grassroots enchantment or the rising public craving for the return of inexpensive dwelling and relative safety skilled underneath PDP-led administrations.
“We urge members and supporters of our nice occasion, in addition to your complete citizenry, to carry quick to the imaginative and prescient and rules of the PDP, despite the rising intimidation of the opposition by the federal government in energy.
“This unhappy state of affairs ought to solely be seen because the signal of the desperation of a political occasion with no agenda, no imaginative and prescient and doomed to face inevitable rejection by the lots.”
On the occasion’s nationwide conference, the discussion board reaffirmed dedication to the resolutions for it to be held on November 15.
It stated:”We urge members to withstand all makes an attempt by anti-party forces to derail the November 15 Nationwide Conference. The PDP stays the one democratic establishment and viable various for restoring Nigeria alongside the trail of excellent governance and nationwide improvement.
“The discussion board reaffirms its dedication to rescuing our pricey nation, Nigeria and Nigerians from the divisive governance type of the APC, whose insurance policies have continued to trigger extra hardship and distress on the individuals.
“The discussion board significantly commends initiatives by the federal government of Zamfara State in considerably curbing insecurity throughout the state, however condemns the continued monstrous killings in Katsina, Plateau, Niger and Benue states and different components of the nation, and calls on the federal authorities to be extra conscious of the lives and properties of the citizenry.”
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