The convoy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governorship candidate, Engr. Musa Wada, was, last Saturday, ambushed at Anyigba in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State.
Wada was on his way to Kogi East PDP stakeholders’ meeting when the incident happened.
In a statement issued by the Deputy Director of Public Communications of Kogi State PDP Campaign Council, Mr. Austin Okai and sent to newsmen said, the attack led to the death of a young man identified as Yusuf Seidu Uhiene on the spot.
It was also reported that two of PDP loyalists, Nasir Sule and Ilemona sustained injuries from gun shots by those suspected to be political thugs.
The party said: “Our candidate, Engr Musa Wada, Saturday, was in Anyigba to attend the Kogi East PDP stakeholders meeting. He was in-between the main road and Harbour Bay, venue of the meeting, when the incident occurred.”
The PDP Governorship Campaign Council, while condemning the attack, appealed to the Nigeria Police in Kogi State to checkmate activities of armed men, saying that, “the attackers are suspected to be thugs loyal to the ruling All Progressives Congress.”
The council said it has lodged a complaint of the incident at the Divisional Police at Anyigba through the PDP ward chairman, adding that perpetrators of the heinous act must be brought to justice.
The statement allayed fears that the dreaded activities of the suspected APC thugs in Anyigba and other parts of the local government might create voter apathy if not checked, adding that Abocho, Ajiolo and their surroundings have become a hotbed of thuggery attacks.
“The new way of laying ambush by the APC thugs to discourage the PDP from prosecuting its campaign due to commence soon is unacceptable.
“We condemned the extermination of a promising young man today, who innocently was going about what he believes in without any provocation,” the party noted.
However, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the impeachment of the Deputy Governor of Kogi, Mr Simeon Achuba is illegal.
The party stated this in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, last Saturday, in Abuja.
Achuba was on Friday impeached by the Kogi House of Assembly on the recommendations of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry that investigated allegations of gross misconduct levelled against him.
Ologbondiyan said that removing Achuba via the unconstitutional method and in total disregard to the verdict of the judicial panel was, in itself, a gross misconduct and grave Constitutional violation.
“The PDP, however, alerts that the next victim of such underhand methods would be the state assembly itself since there was no way the governor would win the November 16 election.”
Ologbondiyan said that the action of the Assembly had further reduced Kogi to a “butt of jokes” among compatriots in other states of the federation.
“Nigeria is a nation governed by laws and nobody, no matter the desperation, should be allowed to turn it, or any part thereof, to the Banana Republic”, the PDP scribe said.
Similarly, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the November 16 Governorship Election in Kogi State, Mr. Musa Wada, on Saturday described impeachment of the state Deputy Governor, Elder Simon Achuba, by the State House of Assembly as illegal and undemocratic.
Wada, in a statement by the Deputy Director, Public Communications Committee of the PDP Campaign Council, Mr. Austin Okai, in Lokoja said the lawmakers set aside the report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry that investigated the sundry allegations of gross misconduct against Achuba and exonerated him of any wrong doing.
The PDP governorship candidate said the action of the lawmakers amounted to a “complete miscarriage of justice.”