APC Chieftain Reveals Why PDP Rally Was Attacked by Thugs and Criminals
- Political parties in Nigeria have been accused of hiring crowds for most of their political rally in the country
- The allegation was raised by a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna state, Samuel Yohanna
- Meanwhile, Yohanna said the Peoples Democratic Party failed to fulfill its part of the bargain with hired crowds, hence, the reason for the disruption
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State, Samuel Yohanna, says there is no political party that does not hire crowds for rallies.
“There is no political party that does not hire crowds. It is just that the level is different. Sometimes 25 percent, sometimes 10 percent. Sometimes 95 percent,” Yohanna said on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Thursday.
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Yohanna, a former Assistant Organising Secretary for the APC in Kaduna, alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party failed to fulfill its part of the bargain with “hired crowds” hence the disruption of the rally of PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in Kaduna on October 17, 2022.
However, a PDP chieftain, Mark Jacob, who spoke alongside Yohanna on the programme, debunked the APC chieftain’s claims, saying that the PDP has no money to hire crowds.
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Kaduna rally violence: APC gives PDP strong reply over attack on Atiku’s supporters
Recall that Legit.ng reported that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) blamed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the violence which broke out at the rally of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in Kaduna on Monday, October 17.
Atiku had raised the alarm over the incident and asked President Muhammadu Buhari to call other political parties to order.
Reacting to the incident in a statement issued on Wednesday, October 19, the national publicity secretary of the ruling party, Felix Morka, described the fallout at the rally as self-inflicted.
Atiku fell ill, flown out for medical treatment? Fani-Kayode alleges, ex-VP's spokesman reacts
In another report, Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of aviation and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has alleged that Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is critically ill.
Fani-Kayode made the allegation in a post on his official Facebook page on Tuesday evening, October 18.
The former minister, who is the director of new media, Bola Tinubu-Kashim Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), said Atiku collapsed shortly after landing in Abuja from Kaduna, adding that he complained of severe pains all over his body.
Tinubu meets Atiku, Ayu at Abuja airport
Meanwhile, the APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, met with his PDP counterpart, Atiku at the VVIP lounge of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Monday night.
Despite their political differences and the heated campaign rhetorics, the two presidential candidates exchanged banter upon sighting each other.
In a video posted by media mogul, Dele Momodu, Tinubu also exchanged pleasantries with the national chairman of the PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu.
Source: Legit.ng
