Zamfara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC has condemned the action of the police and Dauda Lawal Dare led PDP government for illegally attempting to seize its state Chairman’s official vehicle with Zamfara plate number GUS 51 AH without warrant and detaining the driver for hours at the government house.
The party in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris Gusau on Saturday stated that, the action was another threat against its members especially the chairman who may have been the victim of the
unfortunate act.
According to the statement, the intimidation of the APC members is allegedly being orchestrated by the state government in collaboration with the police.
The party informed that, the sad incident occurred in Gusau, the state capital when the police who have been secretly trailing the driver descended on the vehicle with the intention of taking it away.
It added, “The APC driver raised the alarm on the police who were later discovered to be the policemen attached to the government house.
“They explained that they were asked by the Commissioner of Police in the state to recover the vehicle and take it to the Police Command Headquarters in Gusau only for them to divert to the government house after forcing the driver to change the route”.
It further informed that, the police then allegedly detained the driver for hours at the government house without any explanation up to when they released him.
The statement added, “We wish to stress in strong terms that this is completely unacceptable and we deserve an unreserved written apology from both the police and the state government with the promise never to harass our members again.
“With this development we want to inform security agencies that the Zamfara APC Chairman’s life is in danger since they are trailing his movements and that of his family, so if anything should happen to him, we are going to hold Zamfara State Government House Police and any other person or body that fits into our suspicions responsible”.
