The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal has disclosed how he rejected a bribe from the All Progressives Congress, APC, in a bid to stop him from defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Tambuwal
disclosed that the APC-led Federal Government “hurriedly packaged” a
road construction project in his village as a way of preventing him from
dumping the ruling party.
He made the disclosure at a rally in Silame area of the state while flagging-off PDP campaigns.
The
former PDP Presidential aspirant insisted that the hunger in the
country was due to the incompetence of President Buhari led
administration.
He assured that PDP would win every available position in the state to punish the APC for its hatred for the people.
According
to Tambuwal: “When they realised I was about to leave the APC, they
hurriedly packaged a road contract in my village to plead with me not to
leave. We cannot continue to tolerate a government that has abandoned
its people.
”The APC hates to invest in our people. Sokoto
state will punish the APC at the elections. We will mobilise our people
to come out enmasse to vote for PDP. We don’t make empty boasts like our
opponents.
“Sokoto is a PDP state, there is no doubt about that.
No matter what some propagandists may say, this state will be delivered
to PDP 100 percent. How can anyone claim that 50,000 of our solid and
faithful members defected to APC in the small courtyard of Senator
Wamakko.
”We cannot be detained by the past, especially by those
who plundered the state resources and wanted us to keep quiet. By the
special grace of Allah, there will be no retreat, no surrender. We will
not surrender our state to people who do not mean well for our people.
”Why
Yari should take his empty seat home Noting what he described as his
refusal to plunder the economy of the state as reportedly done by his
predecessor. Our opponents are angry because we have refused to open the
treasury to service so-called godfathers and their thugs.
”Our
mandate is with the electorates and we will do everything humanly
possible to deliver on our campaign promises without equivocation.
”We
are doing everything within our powers to ensure that we forestall the
incursion of any armed banditry that has continued to ravage our sister
Zamfara state. Our hearts and support are for our neighbours always.”
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