By Musa Na Allah Sokoto
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Wing Mobilisation Vanguard has called on elders of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in the North West geopolitical region to focus their political crisis and intrigues bedeviling the survival of their party, rather than bringing the state Minister of defense, Hon Bello Mohammed Matawalle into their predicaments.
Chairman of the group, Ashiru Tukur, stated this while reacting to the PDP’s alleged accusations of political harassment of their supporters in the Northwest by Minister of State Defence, Bello Mohammed Matawalle.
The PDP Professionals Support Movement on Thursday asked President Bola Tinubu to stop Minister of State Defense, Mohammed Bello Matawalle from alleged harassment of opposition leaders in the region.
“The allegations of political harassment by whatever means against any political groups in the country under the present administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu is baseless and cheap political propaganda aimed at tarnishing the image of the led APC administration.”
“The PDP group in the northwest is a collection of disappointed and failed politicians that have mastered mischief purposefully to create political instability and unleash havoc and create distrust among Nigerians.
“Apart from PDP’s woeful failure, they failed to govern even in a state wracked by poverty and economic degradation coupled with insecurity as a result of negligence and poor governance.
“Anytime PDP wants to bury their inability at the state, they will resort to mudslinging and name calling. This is a mere display of incompetence and weakness associated with hatred and blackmail of targeted political personalities like Minister Matawalle in an attempt to create heightened tension, conflict, and disharmony at a time when people are looking for solutions to end insecurity, hunger, and poverty,” Tukur said.
“Matawalle is such a philanthropist that even now, as a Minister, he still identifies with the people of the state in times of hardship and joy.
Just recently, he and Senator Abdulaziz Yari donated millions of cash, food items, and assorted materials respectively to the people affected by the flood disaster in Gummi local government of the state. All these, despite the aggression and enmity displayed, against him and his political cohorts under the PDP watch.”
“It becomes imperative to recognize the deleterious consequences associated with the PDP’s deliberate attempt to smear the name of Matawalle as this undermines the foundation of collaborative endeavors, hinders social cohesion, and fosters an environment antithetical to the pursuit of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s renewed hope agenda.”
“President Tinubu wants to cultivate a society characterized by mutual respect, understanding, and progress.”
“It is essential therefore with this kind of leader to eschew divisive tactics, and foster an ethos of cooperation, empathy, and constructive communication rather than heating the polity at the very tender stage as sponsored by these enemies of peace, cohesion, and progress.”
“We demand an urgent apology from those PDP leaders over their sponsored campaign of calumny against our hard-working and trusted leader, Hon Bello Matawalle and other APC leaders castigated we urged Nigerians to be wary of these alarmists who are only interested in destroying our common interest for their selfishness.”
