BY AMOS TAUNA, KADUNA – The Kaduna State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described Tuesday appointment of Sole Administrators in four Local Government Areas of Jaba, Kauru ,Kajuru and Chikun as illegal and a mockery of democracy.
The opposition Party wondered how an appointed Sole Administrator would preside over a Council with elected Councillors from different political parties, stressing that the action of Governor Nasir el-Rufai is the highest level of maladministration of the state by an ‘accidental public servant’.
In a statement by the Kaduna State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Abraham Alberah Catoh, the Party further said; “It is sickening to note that the entire electoral process was subverted and the electorates disenfranchised.
“Furthermore, the electorates find it very nauseating that the All Progressives Congress (APC), a party that prides itself as a means to “Making Kaduna Great Again” would continue administering the State as if we are under a military rule where Marshal law is the order of the day.
“Kaduna State has been militarised, administratively! Moreover, it is an unconcealed bias that, these Sole Administrators are appointed in the PDP strong holds, where the PDP clearly won the elections before the sudden abduction of the Returning Officers.
“The party expressed disappointment that elections were not conducted at all in Kaura local government. The people were completely disenfranchised, with no hope of elections in sight. This is obnoxious!” PDP lamented.
It therefore called on the State Independent Electoral Commission (SIECOM), to hasten its electoral process so as to give the electorates in Kaura local government area the required opportunity to exercise their franchise.
PDP further said; “We also call on our supporters to remain calm in all the affected areas as we are doing everything humanly and constitutionally possible to nip in the bud these calculated attempt by the el-Rufai administration to steal the people’s mandates.”
“We call on the State Local Government Electoral Tribunal to speed up its process of dispensing justice to whom it is due and to justify the confidence reposed on them by the Nigerian people ably represented by the members of the National Assembly with the recent passage into law of the States’ Judicial Autonomy bill.
The party urged its supporters to rally round the Peoples Democratic Party and continue to support the party in subsequent elections.
