PDP wants APC investigated for Gombe anti-election leaflets

 PDP national publicity secretary, Olisa Metuh, in a statement on Tuesday, said this is because the rush with which the APC started raining accusations at the PDP was “suspect and betrays a subterfuge; a spirited attempt to cover-up,” to divert attention and distract the security forces from getting to those behind the threats. He said though […]

 PDP national publicity secretary, Olisa Metuh, in a statement on Tuesday, said this is because the rush with which the APC started raining accusations at the PDP was “suspect and betrays a subterfuge; a spirited attempt to cover-up,” to divert attention and distract the security forces from getting to those behind the threats.
 He said though the statement by the APC looks political, it reveals a bigger picture of an opposition party deploying a smokescreen to divert attention through a hurried attempt to politicize a very serious security issue.
“Whereas it is incontrovertible that Gombe remains a stronghold of the PDP with the soaring popularity of President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo, we urge Nigerians to make their deduction as to which party stands to gain from any anti-election threat in the state. Is it the PDP for whom Gombe is a stronghold or the APC, which has been seeking to turn the state into a theatre of violence owing to its dwindling popularity?