The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has kicked against an alleged plan by the federal government to impose a state of emergency on Zamfara State.

The federal government had declared Zamfara State a ‘no-fly zone’ on Tuesday to halt the swap of gold for arms by armed bandits, other criminals and illegal gold miners in the state, according to the Presidency and security sources.

The PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, who briefed newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, noted that there’s escalated crisis in APC-controlled states yet no attempt had been made by the federal government to intimidate the governors, seek to impose a state of emergency or declare such states as a “no-fly zone”.

He said if mining was the reason for declaring Zamfara State as a “no-fly zone”, the approach should be holistic because mining is currently ongoing in Nasarawa and bandits are on a killing spree in the state.

“It is even more worrisome that the [Muhammadu] Buhari’s Presidency will gloss over Kaduna, Niger and Mr. President’s home state of Katsina, where killings, kidnapping and abductions have become a daily routine, only to be contemplating an emergency situation in Zamfara.

“The PDP counsels that rather than this selective approach to fighting banditry, terrorism and kidnapping, the Buhari Presidency should go back to the drawing board and adopt a holistic approach to quell the prevailing insecurity in our nation.

“Our party will therefore not allow the Buhari Presidency to tag and intimidate Governor Matawalle for seeking to find solutions to a very depressing situation.

“Consequently, the PDP hereby directs Governor Matawalle to stop his intervention approach as our party charges Nigerians to hold President Buhari and his administration directly responsible for any further assault or killing of innocent citizens in Zamfara State.

“In doing this, the PDP charges President Buhari to be mindful of the type of advice he receives from his officials in the security circle on the Zamfara security concerns, especially as there are allegations of hidden interest among his officials,” he stressed.

PDP alleged what it described as a sinister plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government to forcefully take over the governance of Zamfara State through imposition of an orchestrated state of emergency

judetov2:
anything in Nigeria is politics... I will soon leave this country for una.

contigiency:
As predicted, PDP and this their big headed never publicity secretary never disappoint in being stupid.

Amaechi2023:
I think we now know the real sponsors of bandits in the country.

if those arrested bandits could confess to receiving weapons via air supply and yet the zamfara governor and pdp are still opposing the ban on aircraft on the region, then look no further..we know those trying so hard to create disrupt in the country.

MansoryMX:
If the government wants to declare a state of emergency in a Particular State, it is because people’s lives and properties are at stake! This is not the time to play politics! What’s wrong all these political parties in Nigeria! [color=#990000]Politics really killed this country! [/color]

CodeTemplar:
If resource control was properly done, there won't be need for preventing against gold for arms swap. Let delta explore her oil and pay taxes, only then will jigawa and kebbi start making truly pro-people laws and moves to create equality and fairness in a bid to attract inflow of skilled hands that can move them forward. Only then will the best brain dominate admission list and not the most connected kids.
This our institutionalized stealing arrangement is why zamfara man will be killing his people to access oil money.

contigiency:


Oga, I don't know how resource control will stop a born thief from stealing or make greedy people to stop looting of his people's recourses. The last time I check, the following; ministry of Niger delta, NDDC, 13% derivative, Amnesty program, 3% of oil companies annual profits etc were created several years now and have being managed by Niger Delta indigens. Yet, I did not see how it made them to think better and use the recourses being channelled to the above mentioned areas and put their region or states better.

post=99587450:

God bless you Amaechi.
We have been saying this from Day One.
But hypocrites and children of hate, frustrations and perdition will always wail and develop sudden migraine reading the bitter truth.

We will say our prayer that May God punish and destroy anyone sponsoring terrorism, violence and chaos in our nation, but you will never see anyone of them say a simple AMEN to the prayer.
Why?
Cos they know themselves.
Abi, who wan die ?!

Wickedfacts:
It is either PDP is behind the carnage going on in Zamfara or PDP does not want the carnage to end.

contigiency:
As predicted, PDP and this their big headed publicity secretary never disappoint in being stupid. Look at stupid comments from supposed adults. Well let me not sound as if I don't know majority of them are happy about the predicaments the country is passing through. So long as they are not directly affected, the country can go ahead and boil.