…Steer clear of politics, PDP tell Sanusi
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) of inciting the violence that followed the
announcement of a new Emir of Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on
Sunday, in an apparent attempt to destabilise the state.The party urged
the Kano State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice to
prosecute all PDP officials allegedly involved in the act of
destabilisation.
But the PDP has described APC’s allegation as well as the call for the arrest of its officials as a blackmail.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the statement issued by PDP’s Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh congratulating one of the contenders long before the state government announced the new emir was premeditated and calibrated to incite violence. It wondered why a ruling party, which had access to Kano or any state government, would rush to the media to congratulate a contender, who had not been selected, without even contacting the selecting authority to ensure the veracity of whatever news it might have heard.
“What is so urgent about congratulating the new emir that could not have waited for a few hours for the appropriate authority to make an official announcement?’’ APC queried.
The party said when the announcement was eventually made and the contender, who had already been congratulated lost out, it was only natural that his supporters would feel short-changed.
“It is therefore, obvious that the PDP, through its National Publicity Secretary went out of its way to stoke the fire of violence in Kano.
Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated the new Emir of Kano, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi on his inauguration, saying it would not play politics with the revered traditional institution.
It also admonished the new emir to shun partisan politics. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in a statement yesterday said the party “has an unflinching reverence for the traditional institution and in that regard extends the same reverence it had for the late Emir to Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.”
Also in its reaction to the APC statement, the PDP said Mohammed’s statement was misleading.”
The PDP said: “It is public knowledge that we made an innocent mistake but immediately withdrew it and tendered an unreserved apology well before the official announcement of the new emir was made.
“What does Lai Mohammed have to say to Mallam Lamido Sanusi Lamido himself, who tweeted at about 8.59 am that same Sunday that Alhaji Lamido Ado Bayero has emerged emir?”
Alhaji Lai Mohammed
Interim National Publicity Secretary
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Lagos, June 9th 2014
In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the statement issued by PDP’s Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh congratulating one of the contenders long before the state government announced the new emir was premeditated and calibrated to incite violence. It wondered why a ruling party, which had access to Kano or any state government, would rush to the media to congratulate a contender, who had not been selected, without even contacting the selecting authority to ensure the veracity of whatever news it might have heard.
“What is so urgent about congratulating the new emir that could not have waited for a few hours for the appropriate authority to make an official announcement?’’ APC queried.
The party said when the announcement was eventually made and the contender, who had already been congratulated lost out, it was only natural that his supporters would feel short-changed.
“It is therefore, obvious that the PDP, through its National Publicity Secretary went out of its way to stoke the fire of violence in Kano.
Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated the new Emir of Kano, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi on his inauguration, saying it would not play politics with the revered traditional institution.
It also admonished the new emir to shun partisan politics. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in a statement yesterday said the party “has an unflinching reverence for the traditional institution and in that regard extends the same reverence it had for the late Emir to Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.”
Also in its reaction to the APC statement, the PDP said Mohammed’s statement was misleading.”
The PDP said: “It is public knowledge that we made an innocent mistake but immediately withdrew it and tendered an unreserved apology well before the official announcement of the new emir was made.
“What does Lai Mohammed have to say to Mallam Lamido Sanusi Lamido himself, who tweeted at about 8.59 am that same Sunday that Alhaji Lamido Ado Bayero has emerged emir?”
Alhaji Lai Mohammed
Interim National Publicity Secretary
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Lagos, June 9th 2014
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