All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Wing Mobilisation Vanguard on Sunday, tackled People Democratic Party (PDP) elders over alleged harassment of their members in the North by Minister of State Defence, Bello Mohammed Matawalle.
The group asked PDP to apologise to Minister of State Defence, Hon Bello Mohammed Matawalle, over alleged harassment of PDP especially elders in the North.
The group further asked the main opposition political party to focus on its political crisis and solution over intrigues that are bedeviling its survival rather than involving Matawalle in their ineptitude to manage the party, chairman of the group, Alhaji Ashiru Tukur stated this while reacting to the PDP’s alleged accusations of political harassment of their supporters in the North-West by 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.
However, the APC group declared that the allegations of political harassment by whatever means against any political groups in the country under the present administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu are baseless and cheap political propaganda aimed at tarnishing the image of the APC administration.
He described the PDP in the North as a collection of disappointed and failed political group of people that have mastered mischief purposefully to create political instability and unleash havoc and distrust among Nigerians.
“Apart from PDP’s woeful failure, they failed to govern even in a state wrecked 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 Matawalle in an attempt to heighten tension, conflict, and disharmony at a time when people are looking for solutions to end insecurity, hunger, and poverty.
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 despite the aggression and enmity displayed, against him and his political cohorts under the PDP watch.
“Therefore, it becomes imperative to recognise 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 President Tinubu’s renewed hope agenda.
“While 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, we urge Nigerians to be wary of these alarmists who are only interested in destroying our common interest for their selfishness”, Tukur added.
