By Fatima Zahra Muhammad
ASHENEWS reports that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State has accused the state government of peddling a retaliation campaign against some non-All Progressives Congress (APC) members in the state’s civil service.
The party, in a statement signed by Hassan Sahabi Sanyinnawal, the PDP Publicity Secretary in Sokoto State condemned what it termed as a “vendetta on sons and daughters of our state, whose only fault is failing to subject themselves to the whims of the political overlords of the day.
“Our Party will not, in any event, stand aside and watch the maltreatment of citizens and gross abuse of their constitutional rights by the APC regime, due to blind partisan sentiments.
“Our investigations further reveal that these category of civil servants, who sacrificed their life in the service of the state for decades, are deprived of this statutory entitlement in May and June, for real or imagined political reasons.
“Also among the victims of this vendetta by the APC government of Ahmed Aliyu are Permanent Secretaries, who were appointed several years ago, including a few, who were actually upgraded to the position during the tenure of Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko as Governor of the state.
“The State PDP is also aware that a number of former members of the State Executive Council, Special Advisers, and Senior Special Assistants have not been paid their last salary, which is for May 2023, even though they had served in that capacity until May 29,” the statement said.
The party, while warning the state government to desist from its current practice promised to support the aggrieved persons to pursue their cases legally.
It noted that the present administration was yet to face the activities of governance but was instead, preoccupied with witch-hunting those it deemed as non-allies.
“The PDP views it as a very disturbing development when the State Government is preoccupied with the setting up of unnecessary witch-hunt committees, while innocent citizens in the state are being killed or kidnapped by armed bandits almost on a daily basis.
“For the PDP and all right-thinking people, the energy that Ahmed Aliyu is dissipating on needless manhunts ought to have been directed at working with security agencies, the traditional institution (which he is instead targeting), and communities to combat the greater problem of insecurity in the state.
“Our Party will not, in any event, stand aside and watch the maltreatment of citizens and gross abuse of their constitutional rights by the APC regime, due to blind partisan sentiments,” the party said.
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My humble & candid advice to the perdon who signed the complain is to pls desist from writing such claims as it will bring nothing but crate chaos.that allegation of witch hunt of non APC members was Never true.iam just hearing it now.but if truly it was pks make a refrence.