Bafarawa: We have no Plan to Take Over Sokoto by Force
By Mohammed Aminu in Sokoto
Former Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, Saturday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had no plan to take over the state by force, as the people would willingly vote massively for the party in the election.
Bafarawa spoke against the backdrop of insinuations making rounds in the state that the PDP was plotting to use EFCC to take over Sokoto government by force.
Speaking during a chat with journalists at his residence in Bafarawa village of Isa local government area of the state yesterday, the former governor maintained that the PDP had no reason to take over government by force in the state.
"As a man of peace, I cannot descend so low to say that we will take over power in Sokoto by force because the people have resolved to determine their fate by electing PDP candidates at all levels during the election.
"So, the PDP does not need to rig or use any sort of power to wrest power from the All Progressives Congress-led government in the state due to its poor record and destruction of all the good legacies bequeathed by the past leaders of the state," he said.
He noted that the Federal Government used the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to help Governor Aliyu Wamakko win the governorship polls in 2007.
The former governor however averred that the current Federal Government was not interested in using the EFCC to win elections, as the people of Sokoto had resolved to vote massively for the party's candidate in the election.
Former Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, Saturday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had no plan to take over the state by force, as the people would willingly vote massively for the party in the election.
Bafarawa spoke against the backdrop of insinuations making rounds in the state that the PDP was plotting to use EFCC to take over Sokoto government by force.
Speaking during a chat with journalists at his residence in Bafarawa village of Isa local government area of the state yesterday, the former governor maintained that the PDP had no reason to take over government by force in the state.
"As a man of peace, I cannot descend so low to say that we will take over power in Sokoto by force because the people have resolved to determine their fate by electing PDP candidates at all levels during the election.
"So, the PDP does not need to rig or use any sort of power to wrest power from the All Progressives Congress-led government in the state due to its poor record and destruction of all the good legacies bequeathed by the past leaders of the state," he said.
He noted that the Federal Government used the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to help Governor Aliyu Wamakko win the governorship polls in 2007.
The former governor however averred that the current Federal Government was not interested in using the EFCC to win elections, as the people of Sokoto had resolved to vote massively for the party's candidate in the election.
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