PDP Slams Gombe Govt Over Demolitions, Expulsions, LG Local Polls
The Gombe State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has launched a scathing attack against the administration of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, describing recent government actions as “immoral and a gross abuse of democratic principles and the Nigerian Constitution”.
In a press statement signed and made available to Jewel Time by the party’s State Publicity Secretary Abdulƙadir Ahmad Dukku, the opposition party condemned ongoing demolition exercises of public properties and structures, which the state government claims are in violation of land management policies.
The PDP further alleged that the State Governor was seen in a viral video “making statement that didn’t commensurate with his position as Governor of Gombe State,” asserting that “such vulgar utterances violates the fundamental rights to dignity of the human person as well as the administration of democratic principles in governance”.
Beyond the demolition exercise, the PDP expressed strong opposition to the recent expulsion of Gombawa Motors from the Dankwambo Mega Motor Park.
The party argued that the transport company is being targeted due to its political leanings, stating that its members “have equal right to express their political inclination as guaranteed by the Nigeria constitution”.
The PDP maintained that as taxpayers, the owners of the transport outfit have a right to utilize public facilities “without any political intimidation”.
Furthermore, the opposition party declared the recently concluded Local Government Council elections a “mockery of the sensitivities of the people of Gombe State and lacking transparency”.
The PDP, which boycotted the polls, characterized the electoral exercise as “a child play where ballot boxes were not taken to the polling units which was a repeatation of the Kangaroo 2024 Local Government Council Elections” under the current administration.