Thugs disrupt PDP mega rallies in Kaduna

When hoodlums broke into the Peoples Democratic Party presidential campaign massive gathering in Kaduna on Monday and started attacking the crowd, chaos ensued.

With sticks and machetes in hand, the thugs burst into the area and began hitting the gathering, leaving several people hurt.

The criminals broke into the location three times before being driven out by security personnel and opposition party members.

Atiku Abubakar, the party’s presidential candidate, reacted to the situation by denouncing the assaults on party members in the states of Zamfara and Kaduna.

Atiku claims that the assaults in Kaduna and Zamfara, which resulted in the death of a PDP member, were explicit attempts to stifle the party’s legal activities in the states.

This was disclosed in a statement he signed on Monday.

He said, “I have received reports of coordinated attacks on members of our great party, the PDP, by thugs in Zamfara State, which reportedly led to the death of one of our members.

“I condemn these attacks entirely because they are attempts to scuttle the lawful right of Nigerians to assemble peacefully and a direct attempt to suppress the legitimate campaigns of the PDP in the state.

“I reassure the Zamfara State PDP of my support, and most importantly, my heart goes out to the PDP family in Zamfara and the friends and loved ones of victims of this attack.”

Shortly after condemning the attacks in Zamfara, the former vice president issued another statement lamenting attacks on PDP supporters at the party’s rally in Kaduna.

He said, “I have just received emergency reports of attacks on PDP supporters by thugs sponsored to scuttle the ongoing PDP campaign rally in Kaduna State. This is undemocratic and against the peace accord that all parties signed just a few weeks ago.

“I urge President Muhammadu Buhari to call on all parties to call their supporters and members to order and to ensure that campaigns, just as with the elections themselves, are kept free, fair and safe.”

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