PDP accuses El-Rufai of bribing voters ahead of Election Day
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Naira chaos palliatives of free food, free transport, and free medical services being dolled out by Kaduna Governor Nasir el-Rufai has been described as bribe by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
State PDP Secretary Ibrahim Wusono said the gesture amounts to vote-buying ahead of the election.
The state government announced free transport services and free medical care for common illnesses like malaria and typhoid as well as necessities like food to mitigate the effect of the cash crunch imposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
But Wusono insisted “they brought a plan by transporting people from Kaduna to Zaria metropolitan free of charge. I want to draw the attention of Kaduna citizens that it’s part of the deceit which has always been part of the APC government for the past seven years.
“People should understand or remember that it’s the APC government that sacked more than 62,000 workers including teachers in the state.
“It’s the APC government that demolished houses, market stalls and it is under the APC administration that people are not secure in Kaduna State; look at what is happening in Birnin-Gwari, Giwa, Chikun and Kajuru?”
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Consequences of poor leadership
“The entire [state] is not secure. What causes this? It’s because of the poor leadership of the APC government,” Wusono added, per reporting by The PUNCH.
“We are appealing to the people of Kaduna to resist the tactics that is being currently introduce by the APC government by distributing food items to them just because they have failed.
“It’s a deception. They govern the state for more than seven years, have they provided free transport to citizens of the state? They didn’t. It’s because of the election. It’s also vote-buying.
“There is no crisis in PDP in the state. Is there crisis? Look when we conducted our rally yesterday, all the party top-notch were there; former Vice President Namadi Sambo was there; former Governors Ahmed Makarfi, amongst others party stalwarts were there.”
