- The Nasarawa Youths’ Assembly stated that the PDP’s 1,000-woman prayer rally cannot guarantee the party’s victory in the state
- They expressed concerns about the PDP’s behaviour and urged them to avoid causing crises in the state for their own interests
Nasarawa Youths’ Assembly said yesterday that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)’s over 1,000-woman prayer rally in Nassarawa State cannot force the party to govern the state.
The youths explained in a statement signed by their chairman, John Abimiku, on Tuesday, that the opposition party and its governorship candidate have become more concerned as a result of the tribunal proceedings.
Ahead of the Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal decision, some PDP women gathered to pray for the victory of the PDP’s governorship candidate, David Ombugadu.
He characterized the PDP’s prayer rally as a mere exercise that would not prevent the party from losing during the tribunal’s decision.
The youths said that the PDP has been humiliating unsuspecting Nasarawa mothers since Governor Abdullahi Sule was declared the winner of the March 18 governorship election in Nasarawa State.
The Nasarawa State Youths Assembly has reviewed the political activities in the state since the declaration of the governorship election in which Governor Abdullahi Sule won and noticed with concern that the opposition PDP had directed the unsuspecting women to come out nude and protested in the streets of Nasarawa State.
The main opposition party has equally launched provocative verbal and media attacks on tribunal judges who it accused of being opened to inducement to sway the outcome in favour of Governor Sule.
It has also mounted the same attacks on the person and personality of Governor Sule who has kept his cool despite all affronts by the opposition party leaders.
We want to use this medium to warn the party and its leadership to desist from plunging the state into crisis because of its parochial interests, Abimuku said.
Reacting, the state chairman of the PDP, Mr. Francis Orogo, said there was nothing absolutely wrong with the prayers offered by their women, adding that they have faith in God which was the reason they staged prayers.
His words:
The PDP women have faith in God and that it is nobody’s business on whether God has influence on the matter. Those who believe justice and power belong to God will always run to Him. Crying, appealing to God, and submitting your oppressor to God is better than resulting in violence.
According to him, the best way to deal with injustice was to turn to God in such a situation.
He refuted the allegations of an attack on Judges, noting that the party has never attacked any Judge and has never said anything negative about the ongoing tribunal.