Kaura Reps seat: PDP blasts LP over alleged threats

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State has called on security agents to take note of the threat by the Labour Party in its efforts to pursue and reclaim its mandate, alleged to have been stolen through over-voting, ballot stuffing and electoral malfeasance of its House of Representatives candidate, Gideon Gwani, in the 25 February presidential and National Assembly elections.

Addressing newsmen in Kaduna on Saturday, the spokesman of the party in the local government, Donatus Shemang, explained that the worst off is that members of the Labour Party in the local government are alleged to be threatening the legal luminary, Samuel Atung SAN, not to defend his client (PDP) in the matter, saying that it shows how naïve, ignorant and airheaded they are.

He stressed, “Worst off is threatening the legal luminary, Samuel Atung SAN (son of the soil) not to defend his client (PDP) in this matter, which shows how naïve, ignorant and airheaded they are. It is foolhardy for LP urchins to think they can threaten anyone into giving up on this matter. For their consumption, anyone that breaches the law or is being recalcitrant against the law, will face the full wrath of the law. He will be dealt with accordingly.”

As law-abiding citizens of Nigeria, the spokesman called on all members of PDP to remain calm, assuring that the party was exploring all legal means bringing the best option to reclaim the stolen mandate the party won during the presidential and National Assembly elections in the area.

He stated that PDP declined to concede defeat after the 25th February 2023 election because of over-voting and ballot stuffing in some wards on the day of the election.

He added that the task of reclaiming the party’s mandate is a party affair and not that of Gideon Gwani as an individual, condemning the members of the Labour Party in the area to call on him and the party to withdraw the case filed at the post-election tribunal which is about to commence in Kaduna any time soon.

According to Donatus, “We find it awful to ask PDP and Gideon Gwani not to seek redress at the court when the election that LP candidate won was maimed by fraudulent activities in some wards. We wish to state further that the call for our candidate to withdraw the suit against LP and its candidate is dead on arrival.

“The call lacks basis, it is empty as it is devoid of constitutional backing. Moreover, LP in Kaura has a dual tendency, begging for PDP and its candidate to withdraw suit and at the same time insulting and blackmailing our candidate and threatening everyone.”