By Abdallah el-Kurebe, Editor
#TrackNigeria: The Sokoto State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that the state secretary of the party had been attacked by
officers of the Special Protection Unit of the State Police Command.
According to a statement issued by the State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Bello Danchadi and made available to Newsdiaryonline Friday also alleged that the attack was carried out on the orders of the Aide De Camp to Governor Aminu Waziiri Tambuwal, Supt Jaafaru Yakubu.
The full statement
The Sokoto State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is irked by a very disturbing and unwarranted incident today, where its State Secretary, Alhaji Abubakar Muhammad Yabo, was ruthlessly attacked by a team of officers of the Special Protection Unit of the State Police Command, attached to Government House, Sokoto based on the orders of the Aide De Camp to Governor Aminu Waziiri Tambuwal, Supt Jaafaru Yakubu.
The officers of the SPU, led by one, Zayyanu Sidi, a Cousin to the Commissioner of Finance, Saidu Umar were also physically accompanied to the scene of the illegal operation by the Commissioner of Finance, Alhaii Saidu Umar.
The Police Officers illegally, acting on false claims, stormed the meeting being held by Abubakar and some Tudun Wada “A” ward committee executives at Abubakar Tunau Close, Off Shuni road, on Friday, March 8 2019, at around 11.a.m. and rudely interrupted the meeting.
The obnoxious action of the officers of the Nigeria Police, who are supposed to be protectors of the law and all innocent citizens was premised on a false allegation that those attending the meeting were thumb printing some ballot papers, in favour of the APC.
The police personnel also threatened to shoot the Secretary if he refused to follow them to the State Police Command, CID Unit, an ugly development that led to ensuing scuffles, resulting in minor injuries inflicted on some loyal members of the party.
The lawless police personnel who had not produced any warrant of arrest, later carted away the Secretary’s vehicle, a Honda Accord, 2008 model, which is still in their custody, together with four members of the party.
This affront is really absurd and vehemently condemned by the APC, as nothing incriminating like the so called ballot papers or ink, were found at the scene of the meeting .
Although the illegal attempt to whisk the APC Scribe was botched, yet, some unruly youths, who escorted the Finance Commissioner, had smashed the windscreen of his vehicle .
The party frowns at this unfortunate development, which is part of a grand design by the State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, to scuttle Saturday’s Gubernatorial and State Assembly polls in the state , hence, lead to a possible orchestrated break down of law and order .
This cannot be far-fetched, as the Finance Commissioner was in company of the Secretary of the PDP State Campaign Council, Alhaji Nasiru Dantsoho, Sole Administrator, Sokoto South Local Government, Alhaji Abdulrahman Sayudi, as well as the Secretary, PDP, Sokoto South Local Government, Alhaji Sambo Mohammed, during the heinous attack .
The State Chapter of the APC, while again condemning the ugly development, is also strongly calling on the high command of the Nigeria Police, Sokoto State, to urgently bring the affected police personnel and their collaborators to book.
Let it also be made categorically clear that, the party would not condone such nasty manhandling of any of its leaders or supporters, while it would also exhaust all legal means to seek urgent redress .
The unfortunate developemnt would not also in anyway deter the leaders and supporters of the party from massively electing the party’s Gubernatorial Candidate, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto and his running mate, Alhaji Faruk Malami Yabo, on March 9,2019, In Sha Allahu.
Signed: Sambo Bello Danchadi,
Publicity Secretary,
APC, Sokoto State
