PDP imported supporters from Niger Republic for Sokoto rally – El-Rufai

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday said
majority of the persons who participated at the Peoples Democratic
Party presidential rally which held in Sokoto were from
neighbouring Niger Republic.

The governor, a member of the ruling party, APC, disclosed this
during an inauguration of his campaign commitee in Kaduna.

The PDP launched its zonal presidential rally in Sokoto on
Monday for the North-west. Thousands of people attended the rally
which was addressed by the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku
Abubakar; the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal; and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara.

However, according to Mr El-Rufai, many of those that attended
the rally were from neighbouring Niger Republic.

Mr El-Rufai said the PDP brought these people to show that they
have supporters and ”because Sokoto indigenes refused to attend the
rally.”

He said his governing party, All Progressives Congress (APC),
will not allow looters and criminals return to power in 2019.

The governor vowed ”to go after each vote during the election”
to ensure that Kaduna delivers in 2019.

He explained that the ideology of the ruling party and President
Muhammadu Buhari is not to share public funds to few individuals
”but to work and improve the lives of the ordinary Nigerians.”

“Thieves have ganged up against President Muhammadu Buhari.
Yesterday (Monday) they (PDP) went to Sokoto for a rally and
brought in people from Niger Republic,” the governor said. ”This
was to show that they have crowd because Sokoto people refused to
attend.”

“Our people should be assured that the very day Buhari will come
to Kaduna, all our people that will receive him will be Kaduna
indigenes and not people from Niger.

“We will fight for every vote and persuade our people that you
will only secure victory for the party you support when you vote on
election day,” he said.

The governor also added that Kaduna has about 500,000 new
voters, with Kaduna North Local Government Area recording 60,000
voters alone.

He also flayed the PDP saying in its16 years of governance, the
party “left more than 400 primary schools of the state in a very
bad condition.”

The PDP governed Kaduna from 1999 to 2015 before Mr El-Rufai of
the APC defeated the then incumbent PDP governor.

Mr El-Rufai charged his campaign team members to go down to the
grassroots to mobilise people to come out and vote on election
day.

“We must run a grassroots campaign to mobilise our supporters on
election day. We will not vote for hypocrites, we will not vote for
criminals and we will not vote for those who cannot afford to
‘barb’ their hair,” he said.

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