The Gubernatorial and Legislators Campaign Council of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Borno state has alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is instigating electoral violence by sponsoring political thugs to disrupt the forthcoming general elections despite the peace accord earlier signed by all political parties in the state.
The allegation was stated in a three-page press statement signed by the legal adviser, PDP Gubernatorial and Legislators Campaign Council, Barrister Kashim Mustapha Haruna, and was made available to journalists in Maiduguri weekend.
Two weeks ago, similar allegations were leveled against the ruling APC by the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP leadership that it’s campaign billboards and posters were destroyed in strategic locations across the state.
But in a swift reaction to the allegation, the Borno APC legal adviser, Barrister Baba Shehu Zanna, said PDP in the state is doing everything possible to incite members of the general public, as it has become glaringly clear that all PDP candidates would not win any elective position in the forthcoming general elections taking place in all the 27 local government areas of the state.
Barrister Zanna said it is even unfortunate that the same PDP which sponsored some political thugs to destroy APC political campaign structures, such as APC posters and billboards in Bama local government area last week, is concocting lies against the ruling party under the leadership of Governor Babagana Zulum.
The PDP’s statement reads: “We wish to bring to the attention of the general public the unfortunate actions of thuggry and violence that is continuously being perpetrated by the APC against the legitimate and peaceful campaigns of the PDP in Borno state.
“On Sunday, 12th February, 2023, the convoy of the PDP comprising the gubernatorial and other candidates of the party was attacked by sponsored thugs of the APC in Gwange I, II & III wards of Maiduguri, injured many PDP supporters and vandalised an uncountable number of vehicles in the convoy.”
