The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State has claimed that security operatives abducted its House of Representatives candidate for the Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency by-election, Esther Ashivelli Dawaki, along with 25 supporters.
The state PDP Chairman, Sir Edward Percy Masha, disclosed this while addressing the press on Saturday.
Masha alleged that a joint security network carried out the operation.
According to him, the security personnel stormed the hotel in Malali in a bid to arrest the Chairman of the PDP Campaign Council, Hon. Hussein Ahmed-Kero, but when they could not find him, they allegedly whisked away Dawaki and others.
“The PDP condemns this brazen act of harassment, intimidation, and insanity by the APC and demands the immediate and unconditional release of its candidate and all others being held hostage,” Masha told journalists.
He further called on President Bola Tinubu, the Inspector-General of Police, the DSS Director-General, the Chief of Army Staff, and the Chief of Defence Staff to intervene and halt what he described as an “egregious abuse of power.”
The PDP chairman urged civil society organisations, democracy advocates, and citizens to resist any attempt to intimidate voters or compromise the electoral process in the affected constituencies.
Masha said the ruling APC resorted to intimidation because it fears electoral defeat.
”The APC’s actions signal that the party is heading towards rejection, hence its resort to this show of force, akin to the last kick of a dying horse. But no amount of intimidation can save the APC from being rejected by the people,” he declared.
The PDP assured its supporters that it would defend their rights and freedoms, while keeping the public informed about developments.
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