The Gombe State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has strongly condemned the unprovoked attack on its secretariat and vandalisation of it’s property by political thugs suspected to be members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe.
In a statement made available by the PDP State Publicity Secretary, Murtala Usman Dukku, the PDP said it noticed with the resurgence of the activities of outlawed political thugs widely known as “Yan Kalare” under the watch of the APC-led government in the state after it was banned by the previous PDP-led government in the state.
According to the statement, “The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Gombe state has strongly condemned the resurgence of the heinous activities of the outlawed Kalare political thugs under the watch of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC.
“It would be recalled that the PDP under the leadership of the erstwhile Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo has outlawed the perilous activities of the Kalare political thugs and the administration was magnanimous in deradicalising, rehabilitating and reintegrating them into the society.
“The previous government has also absorbed them in its different empowerment ventures including, Wards, Traffic, Environmental and Educational marshals, and other empowerment programmes under Talba Empowerment Scheme (TES), but sadly, the present APC administration has capriciously disengaged and threw them back to the streets.
“It’s further unfortunate that the same APC government are now using the thugs to harass and attack perceived political opponents in the state, particularly, the PDP.
“The PDP want to use this opportunity to strongly condemned the attack on its party office in Gombe local government, today, 16th October, 2021 by thugs believed to be APC supporters without any provocation.
“The party as law abiding, would like to call on all the security agencies in state to as matter of public importance, deploy all their machineries to curb the return and resurgence of this monstrous and abominable act.
“Equally, the perpetrators of the attack which resulted in destroying our office and other valuable assets must be fished out to face the full wrath of the law.” Part of the statement reads.
The party while calling on the state Governor to focus on fulfilling his campaign promises rather than resorting to political bitterness, also assured the citizens of the state that the party is ready to wrest power from the APC and return the state to its lost glory.