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By Linus Ogbu, Lafia
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasarawa State chapter has says the self acclaimed group “Concerned APC Stakeholders of Nasarawa State” (CASNS), are faceless entity as such their existence are not known to the party.
This is contained in statement by Mr Otaru Douglas, Nasarawa State APC Publicity Secretary and made available to the newsmen in Lafia.
According to him, the party has a comprehensive list of stakeholders and support groups under its administration, noting that at no point did APC have a group in its fold as concerned APC stakeholders in Nasarawa State.
Douglas said the group remained impostor and should be disregarded, while cautioning members of the public to be beware of the group and its nefarious activities.
“It has come to the notice of the APC the repeated odious and nefarious activities of one imaginary self appointed spokesperson of a purported Concerned Stakeholders of our great party who uses fictitious names as Alh. Yusuf Ibrahim or Alh Saidu Ibrahim to sign offensive press statements aimed at denigrating our respected leaders.
“We particularly want to urge the media not to entertain or publish statements emanating from the said criminal group, who are merchants of violence and mischief makers who now feast on the 7th Assembly impasse which has long been laid before a competent court for judicial intervention.
“Let it be on record that this same imaginary individual and his group are alien and never known to the party, for the avoidance of doubts, the party has a comprehensive list of stakeholders and support groups under its administration,” he said.
The statement said more worrisome was the group’s recent and continued assault on the persons and character of some revered leaders and institutions in the state.
“As a party, we take exception to such brazen insolence from a ragtag group taking to blackmail of the person and office of the respected Chief Judge of Nasarawa State, Her Lordship, Justice Aisha Bashir Aliyu, in their purported petition to the NJC.
“While we are not unaware of the inalienable civic and democratic rights of individuals or groups to coalesce as interest groups in pressing home demands.
“Such should have a traceable identity of persons with modest character and not this kind of criminal, faceless shenanigans who have been recruited to cause acrimony within the body polity,” he said.
Douglas said while APC not holding brief for the Chief Judge and her office whom it trust would address the issues raised about her, using the name of the party was most disparaging and stands condemned in its entirety.
“Such audacious affront is very unbecoming of these hirelings of power mongers whose main enterprise is profiteering from conflict situations,” he said.
The statement further called on the security agencies to investigate Alh Yusuf Ibrahim and cautioned those using the name of the party in fanning the embers of violence in the state to stop, as the party would henceforth take decisive action against them.
The statement reiterate that Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe remains the known Speaker of the Nasarawa State 7th Assembly except otherwise decided by the courts and urged those fronting Hon. Daniel Ogah Ogazi on the tracks of illegality to have a rethink.
