Embattled
Governor of Nasarawa State, Tanko Al-
Makura, has said the move to decimate
the number of All Progressives Congress
(APC) controlled states before 2015
general election will not succeed in the
state.
He spoke on the backdrop of the
impeachment of former governor of
Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako as well
as the impeachment axe dangling over
his own head.
Speaking through his Senior Special
Assistant on Public Affairs, Abdulhamid
Yakubu Kwarra, in Jos, the Plateau State
capital yesterday, Al-Makura accused
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and
President Goodluck Jonathan of
resorting to what he termed
‘persecution’ of the APC in a bid to
brighten their chances ahead of the
2015 election.
Kwarra said: “The Federal Government
and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
are on a mission to kill all opposition
parties before 2015 election in a
desperate move to win election in 2015.
With the rising political profile of APC,
the chances of PDP and President
Jonathan in 2015 is getting slimmer each
day, it is obvious PDP or President
Jonathan has no chance at all, hence
they have launched a persecution of the
major opposition party APC to achieve
their aims. They are now instigating
Members of the Nasarawa State House of
Assembly to impeach Governor Tanko Al-
Makura, just as they did in Adamawa
State.
“But, I want to assure them, they will
not succeed in the case of Nasarawa
State because the people who elected Al-
Makura are going to come out to resist
this impunity. Nigerians should know
that this is the 9th impeachment move
on Governor Al-Makura. They have tried
it eight other times, but this is the first
time they are making move to serve
impeachment notice on the governor.
“If the move is borne out of malice, it
will definitely fail, but if it is based on
genuine cause, that is only way it will
succeed. But in doing so, the law makers
should make sure they do not abuse the
procedures. What we saw happened in
Adamawa State in the name of
impeachment will not stand. I see the
judiciary reversing the whole thing
because it was done in clear abuse of
legal procedures”.
Kwarra, who is former Majority Leader
of Nasarawa State House of Assembly,
said: “The relationship between the
Executive and the legislature in
Nasararwa State has been mutual in the
last three years. This impeachment move
is based on external factor; it is all
about 2015 election. PDP is just
desperate to take Nasarawa State from
the grip of APC.
“The authority in Abuja wants it by all
means and at all cost. They are
threatened by the formidable opposition
party in this country and they are doing
everything to retain power, despite the
fact that they are a collateral failure
with all the challenges and parts of
their master plan is to destabilise APC
control states.
“What PDP is doing amounts to a
declaration of the war on the people of
Nigeria and the way they are going about
it, the thing may consume all of us if
care is not taken”, Al-Makura warned.
Governor of Nasarawa State, Tanko Al-
Makura, has said the move to decimate
the number of All Progressives Congress
(APC) controlled states before 2015
general election will not succeed in the
state.
He spoke on the backdrop of the
impeachment of former governor of
Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako as well
as the impeachment axe dangling over
his own head.
Speaking through his Senior Special
Assistant on Public Affairs, Abdulhamid
Yakubu Kwarra, in Jos, the Plateau State
capital yesterday, Al-Makura accused
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and
President Goodluck Jonathan of
resorting to what he termed
‘persecution’ of the APC in a bid to
brighten their chances ahead of the
2015 election.
Kwarra said: “The Federal Government
and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
are on a mission to kill all opposition
parties before 2015 election in a
desperate move to win election in 2015.
With the rising political profile of APC,
the chances of PDP and President
Jonathan in 2015 is getting slimmer each
day, it is obvious PDP or President
Jonathan has no chance at all, hence
they have launched a persecution of the
major opposition party APC to achieve
their aims. They are now instigating
Members of the Nasarawa State House of
Assembly to impeach Governor Tanko Al-
Makura, just as they did in Adamawa
State.
“But, I want to assure them, they will
not succeed in the case of Nasarawa
State because the people who elected Al-
Makura are going to come out to resist
this impunity. Nigerians should know
that this is the 9th impeachment move
on Governor Al-Makura. They have tried
it eight other times, but this is the first
time they are making move to serve
impeachment notice on the governor.
“If the move is borne out of malice, it
will definitely fail, but if it is based on
genuine cause, that is only way it will
succeed. But in doing so, the law makers
should make sure they do not abuse the
procedures. What we saw happened in
Adamawa State in the name of
impeachment will not stand. I see the
judiciary reversing the whole thing
because it was done in clear abuse of
legal procedures”.
Kwarra, who is former Majority Leader
of Nasarawa State House of Assembly,
said: “The relationship between the
Executive and the legislature in
Nasararwa State has been mutual in the
last three years. This impeachment move
is based on external factor; it is all
about 2015 election. PDP is just
desperate to take Nasarawa State from
the grip of APC.
“The authority in Abuja wants it by all
means and at all cost. They are
threatened by the formidable opposition
party in this country and they are doing
everything to retain power, despite the
fact that they are a collateral failure
with all the challenges and parts of
their master plan is to destabilise APC
control states.
“What PDP is doing amounts to a
declaration of the war on the people of
Nigeria and the way they are going about
it, the thing may consume all of us if
care is not taken”, Al-Makura warned.
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