The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kaduna State chapter has expressed fear that governor Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufai is making every effort to rig the coming elections in the state.
The party believed that governor El-Rufai is preparing to achieve selfish desire through the help of the security agencies.
The State publicity secretary, Abraham Alberah Catoh, in a statement said, “On January 29, 2019, the Nation newspaper’ carried a news story where Governor El-Rufai was quoted as saying some people in Southern Kaduna were bent in causing crisis before or during the governorship election in the area.
“The Governor went ahead to say that he had met with the nation’s security chiefs who have promised him that more security personnel would be deployed to the southern axis of the state for the election.
“For the PDP in Kaduna State, these provocative words from the governor simply lend credence to our belief that the governor is preparing to massively rig the coming elections with the help of security agencies.”
The party noted that at every given opportunity, the governor has not failed to consistently declare the Zone 3 as a den of troublemakers.
“He has done this in the vain hope that a lie told severally would become truth. Nasir El-Rufai also told this lie so as to have an alibi to compromise security personnel into helping him to swing votes for electoral victory in Southern Kaduna.
” The PDP wishes to declare that Governor El-Rufai is the greatest purveyor of lies, a religious bigot and advocate of hate speeches ever seen in the history of the state. Both conventional and unconventional media are awashed with several inciting statements that he made even before becoming the governor of Kaduna state,” the party declared.
The party added, “Since May 29, 2015 when he assumed reins of power, he has brought nothing but disdain to zone 3. He has insulted the people, unleashed a reign of intimidation on traditional institutions, sacked people from work and ensured that political dividends that come through appointments to Zone 3 are restricted to his cronies.
