Report has it that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called the defection of Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara state, to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as an unpardonable betrayal.
Recall that Matawalle defected from the PDP to the APC last Tuesday.
Giving reasons for his defection, Governor Mattawalle said he defected so that he can, with his other colleagues, benefit more from the federal government, particularly on the issue of insecurity.
However, in a statement on Saturday by PDP Spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said Matawalle’s statement further confirms that the APC has been promoting insecurity, particularly terrorism and kidnapping for ransom, in various parts of the country as a way to create an emergency situation to cover their atrocities, siphon public funds as well as intimidate and coerce state governors elected on the platform of other political parties to join their fold.
The PDP holds that by this confession, it is therefore clear that Governor Matawalle did not defect to the APC because the Party has any democratic credential as erroneously claimed by the APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, but only surrendered to intimidation and cowardly joined those behind the killings and acts of violence in Nigeria.
The statement also noted that Governor Matawalle must however note that joining such individuals, who have brought so much anguish and pain to his people, is an unpardonable act of betrayal which will continue to act as an albatross particularly against the backdrop of his own vows.
It also said that on the reclaiming of the governorship mandate, the PDP described Matawalle’s boast as the feeble kick of a disoriented and confused deserter, stressing that the 1999 Constitution, as amended, is clear on the responsibilities of a deputy governor that finds himself under an absconding governor like Matawalle.
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