By David Okpashi in Lafia.
The opposition People’s Democratic party (PDP), on Monday, raised alarm over alleged invasion of its secretariat in Lafia by thugs and chased its party supporters celebrating their victory at the last week tribunal judgement.
The State Chairman of the party, Francis Orogu, who raised the alarm while briefing journalists shortly after the party’s state executive council meeting in Lafia, said that the level at which members of PDP and their supporters were being harassed, intimated, molested in the state was becoming a worrisome situation.
Orogu, while calling on the security agencies to be vigilant and arrest those behind the dastardly act, wondered while the state had been turned into a war field even when election was over.
He warned some residents of the state making themselves available as tools in the hands of politicians, under the guise of supporting political parties in the state, to have a change of heart in the interest of the state and the peace.
“We are law abiding and our supporters are also law abiding, so anybody causing problem in the guise of celebrating victory of the judgement is not our member or supporter.
“Recently,some suspected thugs invaded our party secretariat and claimed to be members of the PDP but we have never seen them during any of our party meetings. Why will members of our party come into the secretariat and start harassing intimidating and molesting our members in our secretariat”, Orogu?.
“We were informed that they came from Akwanga Local Government Area with a bus while carrying sticks and other items. We do not know their mission or plan. We feel that it is a signal that anybody can do anything and claim to be a PDP member.
“We are calling on the security agencies to investigate the matter and arrest those claiming to be supporting a political party but going around with the mindset of fomenting trouble.”
“Our great party, the PDP,is known for peace. We are not trouble makers. The people of Nasarawa State voted for Ombugadu and everyone in this country is aware of this fact.
“So, we are calling on our members and supporters to resist any attempt to have confrontation with any resident of the state who may have the ambition of tarnishing the image of our party,” Orogu said.
Orogu, therefore, called on its members and supporters to remain calm while celebrating the victory of the party affirmed by the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in the state.
According to him, no amount of blackmail will make the party lose focus until its candidate, David Ombugadu,is inaugurated as Governor of the state.
“Our candidate is coming to build and develop the state and not to destroy as some are insinuating just to get sympathy.
“All rumour about the plan by our party to dethrone some traditional rulers in the state is fake news, as nobody has such plan” Orogu cleared the air.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
