The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the acts of intolerance by Gombe State Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, who has been working hard to obliterate the APC presence and also victimize the party’s members in the state.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the Governor’s actions when he visited Kashere, the hometown of his predecessor, Senator Danjuma Goje, on Thursday were despicable and barbaric, and should be condemned by all right thinking people.
”During his visit, Gov. Dankwambo personally ordered the removal of all APC billboards and posters in the town, ordered the police and the army to break into Senator Goje’s family house, where they broke down doors, teargassed and arrested his relations, including children.
”The Governor also ordered the same security forces to break into the family house of Senator Goje’s wife, where they similarly destroyed doors and teargassed the occupants, including the 90-year-old father of Senator Goje’s wife and the Senator’s wife’s 70-year-old stepmother, while all her sisters and brothers were arrested.
”All those arrested, numbering over 50, are now being detained at the police headquarters in the state capital, Gombe, while the Governor has also ordered the arrest of anyone who tries to secure bail for those in detention. In Gombe town, the Governor has gone further to order the police to remove all APC billboards and posters in the town. In other words, as far as the Governor is concerned, it is a criminal offence for anyone to belong to the APC in his state.
”This is intolerance of the highest order and negates the tenets of democracy. It is important for the Governor’s party, the PDP, which has been professing political tolerance, to call the emerging little dictator to order before he destroys the state in a fit of primaeval rage,” it said.
The APC described as a cruel irony the fact that the PDP, which has been busy criticizing the APC for fielding an ‘old’ man as a presidential candidate, is home to a man who was born in post-independent Nigeria but has chosen to behave like a 19th century emperor.
”Nigeria has 170 million people and all of them cannot belong to the same political party. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which the Governor swore to uphold, allows freedom of association. Therefore, it is not only crude but downright unconstitutional for Gov. Dankwambo to be victimizing those who chose not to belong to his party.
”It is also uncharitable and brazen of the Governor to have treated his predecessor the way and manner he has treated Senator Goje. How will he feel if his successor treats him the same way, for no other reason than his choice of which party to belong to?” the party queried, urging Governor Dankwambo to toe the path of decency and tolerance henceforth.
If this is true then it's really shameful and a show of impunity that is typical of the ruling party PDP and a legal step should be taken to discipline this governor turned dictator.
ReplyDeleteLet's them keep-on behaving like a mad dog, feb;2015 is the end of the road for them all.
ReplyDeleteIt serve senator Danjuma Goje right. He has to pay for all his atrocities some day. The wanton destruction of humans and property in Gombe during his tenue has to be paid for darely. Why is he complaining through APC. Senator Danjuma Goje should shut up. Has he forgotten when he was a PDP Governor, how he destroyed his predecessor's house. Former Governor, Alhaji. Habu Hashidu. In a guise of Road construction, he demolished Hashidu 's house despite all plea. Has Goje forgotten so quick the introduction of thugs in Gombe State to intimidate his opponents & perceived enemies. It's the turn of others to return what he planted. APC, you better shut up! Whatever a man sow, he reaps while alive. Dan kombu keep the tempo!
ReplyDeleteWhen Goje was in PDP he did more Dan dis so y all dese complaints APC?when u are in PDP u are a bad person but once u belongs to APC u re a saint.serves Goje right.one gud turn deserve another
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