The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Sokoto State has said it has no plans to remove the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, if it wins the governorship election in the state.
It accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of spreading rumours and warned it to desist from making statements capable of causing break down of law and order in the state.
The party also condemned the action of some youths who had demonstrated against the alleged plans, insisting the demonstration was sponsored to tarnish the image of the party.
Recall that some youths had earlier on Monday embarked on a demonstration in Sokoto.
They had march to the Sultan’s palace where one of their leaders, Murtala Abdulrahman, said, “We are at the palace to alert the Sultan to the evil plot by the APC to remove him if they win the governorship election.
“They alleged that the Sultan has not been supporting the APC. They are saying, ‘new government, new Sultan.’ We will not allow them to rubbish our traditional ruler. We shall put them to shame.”
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However, addressing journalists at the party’s secretariat, the state chairman of the APC, Isa Acida, accused the chairman of the PDP in the state, Ibrahim Milgoma, of making statements capable of throwing the state into turmoil.
He said the leadership of the PDP was inciting the youths to violence ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
Acida said Milgoma and the Zonal Vice-Chairman of the PDP, Muhammadu Dangwaggo, with other party leaders in the state, made the inciting statements during a rally organised by PDP youths at Government House on Saturday, and called on the security agencies to take measures to protect the people.
On their part, the PDP challenged the APC to speak up on who breached the Peace Accord signed prior to the elections.
The PDP secretary in the state, Kabiru Aliyu, said, “The PDP is not a violent party and we do not believe in violence. Governor Tambuwal has shown a good example of a peaceful leader and we are duly following him.
“Our message to our supporters was that they should resist vote rigging without violence.”
