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PDP To Media Aide: —- Use Your New Role to Influence the Restatement of Tiv From IDP Camps in Nasarawa.
From Daniel Abel, Lafia
The Nasarawa state government has accused the opposition of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state, for embarking on media propaganda against the sitting governor Abdullahi Sule led administration.
The newly appointed Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Affairs, Mr. Peter Ahemba stated this in a press statement signed and made available to the media in Lafia on Friday shortly after news of his appointment spread.
According to the statement, “the attention of the Nasarawa State Government has been drawn to the series of media trial and propaganda being championed by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and its 2023 Governorship candidate, Hon. David Ombugadu.
“Apparently, it is to attract public sympathy and influence the outcome of the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal.
“It is no longer news that the State chapter of the PDP and its governorship candidate have approached the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lafia.
“We however condemn in the strongest terms, the resort to media trial of a matter that is already before a lawfully constituted Tribunal as witnessed in the series of sponsored publications in some sections of both the conventional and social media platforms.
“It is worrisome that, since the defeat of Hon. David Ombugadu in the governorship election by Governor Abdullahi A. Sule, the opposition PDP, has thrown caution in the winds by resorting to sponsorship of nude protests in the streets of Lafia.
“His Excellency, Governor Abdullahi A. Sule remains committed to delivering on the mandate freely given to him by consolidating on the gains already achieved by his administration.
In a swift response, the state chairman of the PDP Hon Francis Orogu appealed to the newly appointed Peter Ahemba not to be carried away by his recent appointment with pea nut.
“A cube of sugar in the mouth may taste sweet if he forgets that he is diabetic and that may lead to an unpleasant end.
“How can the government with all the media under its disposal indict an opposition party of deploying the media to embark on propaganda. That can not be true.
“If Ahemba does not understand the history of the Kwararafa, let me educate him that when Kwararafa women choose to embark on nude protest, it is their highest way of reaction to injustice done to them.
“In most cases when women release prayers at such times, it powers impact on the directed need or persons who perpetrate injustice. If Governor Sule does not understand this, I won’t blame him because he is not from Kwararafa but not Ahemba, who is a neighbour.
“To say women are being sponsored to appear nude in protest speaks volume. To anyone who may not feel the pain of these women, let them ask themselves whether their own mothers can come out nude if given money.
“Anybody who is aware of the Nasarawa story till the recently concluded governorship elections need not be told that injustice, robbery is what operates in the state right now.
“Deep in the conscience of both the election handlers and those holden the power right now, somebody has been robbed of his mandate. You can’t change the election results and claim God gave you that mandate.
“If we did not believe in the judiciary, we would not run to them to adjudicate.
The PDP chairman cautioned hon Peter Ahemba not to be carried away by the pea nut that would be given him but use his appointment to plead with the government to give better attention to his people, the Tiv in Nasarawa.
“Your appointment is a bait by Governor Sule to create impression that the Tivs are dear to his heart, all in a bid to win the attention of the SGF senator Judge Akume. But it is all an intrigue.
“The most marginalized, attacked people in the state are the Tiv people. Our struggle is to bring sucor to the Tiv and justice to those who are suffering and unknown in rural communities and under constant attacks, “Orogu appealed.
