Igbawase Ukumba in Lafia
A coalition of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Youths in Nasarawa State, yesterday bemoaned the reckless remarks by members of the party which was threatening the unity of the state.
This was even as the PDP youths alleged that some of those unfortunate statements were coming from a supposed religious leader, Primate Elijah Ayodele, who called for seizing of power from Governor Abdullahi Sule at all costs.
Speaking at a press conference in Lafia, Spokesperson of the coalition, Daniel Agbo, lamented that Primate Ayodele had allegedly told members of the Nasarawa State PDP to seize power from Governor Sule at all costs, which according to the spokesperson “was a clear incitement against the state”.
Agbo said: “The Coalition of PDP Youths in Nasarawa State wish to alert the world on the dangerous lane upon which the state politics has taken. The dark forces of religion, tribal and clannish divisive tendencies are about to destroy the hitherto peaceful co-existence of the good people of the state, since the aftermath of the tribunal ruling.
“Consequently, we are cautioning on members of our dear party, PDP, in the state to be wary of their recklessness, sentimental and threatening remarks such as: “They are non-indigenes”, “They are from Borno”, “They have religion agenda”, etc.
The youths coalition spokesperson, therefore, maintained that those statements had already pitched people of Nasarawa State against themselves.
“Most regrettably, the statement being credited to a supposed religion leader, Primate Elijah Ayodele, in an already trending video openly telling members of the Nasarawa State PDP and its governorship candidate to seize power from Governor Abdullahi Sule at all costs is a clear incitement against the state,” Agbo stated.
However, the spokesperson of the Nasarawa PDP youths coalition has advised leaders of the state to consider peace of the state more paramount than politics, and avoid utterances over the outcome of the governorship tribunal judgment that annulled Governor Sule’s election capable of inciting people of the state against one another.
