{"id":17066,"date":"2019-10-22T14:53:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T14:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=17066"},"modified":"2019-10-22T14:53:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T14:53:37","slug":"pdp-issues-strong-warning-to-el-rufai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/pdp-issues-strong-warning-to-el-rufai","title":{"rendered":"PDP issues strong warning to El-Rufai"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Sunday, warned the Kaduna State Governor and Chairman of the Kogi State National Campaign Council, Nasir El-Rufai<\/a> to steer clear of the state.<\/p>\n

PDP said the people abhor incitements and threats in the November 16 governorship election in the state.<\/p>\n

In a statement by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP cautioned that the people of Kogi State were already aware of individuals in the APC known for issuing threats as well as the \u201cbody bag\u201d metaphor and will never allow such incitements to pervade the November election.<\/p>\n

The opposition party said, \u201cGovernor el-Rufai must have realized that whatever his party, the APC, perpetuated in Kaduna State in the 2019 general elections can no longer be replayed, not even in Kaduna State or any other state of the federation, not to talk of Kogi State, with its long
\nstanding history of tough resistance to forceful occupation and control.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernor el-Rufai, therefore, should not bother to lead a failed team of
\nan expansionist force into a lost battle. He should rather use the opportunity to counsel Governor Yahaya Bello to accept his rejection by the people of Kogi State<\/a> and be ready to face the burden of a crushing defeat on November 16.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe APC knows that Governor Bello has gone down in history as the worst governor ever in Nigeria; who cannot point to any development project or initiative in governance and under whom a once vibrant and productive state has been reduced to the poorest and most dejected in our country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the APC means well for Kogi State, the party should not be wasting
\nits time to campaign but rather counsel Yahaya Bello to use the
\nremaining days of his abysmal tenure to show remorse, pay up the 36
\nmonth arrears he owes workers and pensioners, restitute for those who died because of his suppressive rule and get ready with his handover notes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe APC Campaign Council should come to terms with the fact that the people of Kogi State had made up their minds to repay Yahaya Bello in his own coin by kicking him out of office.<\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore, no amount of apologies, intimidations, violence, vote buying and \u201cbody bag\u201d metaphor can change their resolve or save Governor Bello from defeat in this election.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Sunday, warned the Kaduna State Governor and Chairman of the Kogi State National Campaign Council, Nasir El-Rufai to steer clear of the state. PDP said the people abhor incitements and threats in the November 16 governorship election in the state. 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