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The Presidency and the national leadership of the PDP is said to have been shocked by Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda's revelations over the stoning of the president in his state during his campaign rally.
In an interview with BBC Hausa, Isa Yuguda said that the stoning of the President was orchestrated by the PDP itself.
Up until then, the Presidency and the PDP had accused the APC of being behind the attacks.
Yuguda said: “I am sure and let the world know that the people who did this thing were PDP members and those politicians in Abuja were the ones behind it; they were not APC members.
“They found these youths on the road and gave them brooms and satchets of water and they instructed them that when the President was passing they should raise the brooms and throw the satchets of water at him.
“They did that so that the President would think that Isa Yuguda is against him. They have been telling him in Abuja that we are not supporting him. They did that to show the President that Isa Yuguda is nothing in Bauchi, to show that despite being an indigene of Bauchi, Isa Yuguda could not be respected with his guests in Bauchi.”
Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Alhaji Ibrahim Jalo responded saying: “How can my party be organising stoning? Anyway, Yuguda has spoken on the issue. He should be the one to clarify his position on the matter.
“I was in Bauchi that day and I saw what happened. The governor said it was done by PDP members. Ask him to speak further on it.”
Another source, however said it was a terrible thing for Yuguda to have said that: “How can he speak like that? We have condemned it; the party has condemned it and now, he’s blaming the party for this. That’s bad,” said an anonymous presidential aide to PUNCH.
In an interview with BBC Hausa, Isa Yuguda said that the stoning of the President was orchestrated by the PDP itself.
Up until then, the Presidency and the PDP had accused the APC of being behind the attacks.
Yuguda said: “I am sure and let the world know that the people who did this thing were PDP members and those politicians in Abuja were the ones behind it; they were not APC members.
“They found these youths on the road and gave them brooms and satchets of water and they instructed them that when the President was passing they should raise the brooms and throw the satchets of water at him.
“They did that so that the President would think that Isa Yuguda is against him. They have been telling him in Abuja that we are not supporting him. They did that to show the President that Isa Yuguda is nothing in Bauchi, to show that despite being an indigene of Bauchi, Isa Yuguda could not be respected with his guests in Bauchi.”
Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Alhaji Ibrahim Jalo responded saying: “How can my party be organising stoning? Anyway, Yuguda has spoken on the issue. He should be the one to clarify his position on the matter.
“I was in Bauchi that day and I saw what happened. The governor said it was done by PDP members. Ask him to speak further on it.”
Another source, however said it was a terrible thing for Yuguda to have said that: “How can he speak like that? We have condemned it; the party has condemned it and now, he’s blaming the party for this. That’s bad,” said an anonymous presidential aide to PUNCH.
