PDP candidate in Gombe urges Govt on peaceful co-existence

….escapes attacks

The gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Gombe State, Alhaji Muhammad Jibrin Barde has cautioned the Gombe State Government on victimisation and executive high-handedness, while calling for peaceful coexistence in the interest of the citizens of the state and Nigeria at large.

The appeal followed a recent attack and the latest demolition of his campaign office in the state capital by the Gombe State Urban Planning Development Authority (GOSUPDA).

Barde, in a chat with the media displayed some bullet casings and tear gas canisters which were reportedly expended by the police task force team who escorted the GOSUPDA during the attack, narrated how he escaped the attack by whiskers.

He decried the thuggish attack and latest demolition, which was the second time his campaign office would be hit.

In a petition written by his lawyers,  he alleged that some public and politically inclined persons spearheaded the attacks.

In the petition, he said there were attempted assassination on his life, as well as the demolition of the campaign office, including 6 vehicles that were totally destroyed, with the potential for total breakdown of law and order in Gombe State.

The lawyers, in the petition, requested the immediate provision of additional security officers for the protection of Muhammad Jibrin Barde, the PDP Gubernatorial candidate attacked by Police Officers attached to the Governor of Gombe State as well as his Political Appointees.

Some stakeholders have said the demolition exercise may not be unconnected with the running battle that Barde has been having with the Gombe state government. Recently, the PDP Guber candidate had gone on live television (ARISE TV news) where he levelled accusations of poor leadership and economic mis-governance against Governor Inuwa Yahaya, which he said has denied the indigenes of the state true gains of democracy and development.