PDP Members Kicks Against Plan To Declare State Of Emergency In Zamfara State Over ‘No-fly zone’

 

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has kicked against an alleged plan by the federal government to impose a state of emergency on Zamfara State.

The federal government had declared Zamfara State a ‘no-fly zone’ on Tuesday to halt the swap of gold for arms by armed bandits, other criminals and illegal gold miners in the state, according to the Presidency and security sources.

The PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, who briefed newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, noted that there’s escalated crisis in APC-controlled states yet no attempt had been made by the federal government to intimidate the governors, seek to impose a state of emergency or declare such states as a “no-fly zone”.

He stated if mining became the cause for affirming Zamfara State as a “no-fly area”, the technique must be holistic due to the fact mining is currently ongoing in Nasarawa and bandits are on a killing spree in the country.

“It is even greater worrisome that the [Muhammadu] Buhari’s Presidency will gloss over Kaduna, Niger and Mr. President’s domestic state of Katsina, in which killings, kidnapping and abductions have come to be a each day ordinary, most effective to be taking into account an emergency situation in Zamfara.

“The PDP counsels that as opposed to this selective approach to preventing banditry, terrorism and kidnapping, the Buhari Presidency have to cross lower back to the drafting board and adopt a holistic technique to quell the triumphing lack of confidence in our kingdom.

“Our birthday celebration will therefore now not allow the Buhari Presidency to tag and intimidate Governor Matawalle for searching for to locate solutions to a very miserable situation.

“Consequently, the PDP hereby directs Governor Matawalle to prevent his intervention technique as our party prices Nigerians to hold President Buhari and his management directly responsible for any in addition attack or killing of innocent citizens in Zamfara State.

“In doing this, the PDP fees President Buhari to understand of the type of advice he receives from his officers within the protection circle at the Zamfara safety worries, mainly as there are allegations of hidden hobby among his officials,” he pressured.