Kogi PDP is stockpiling arms, army uniform, alleges Akande

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The Kogi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party  (PDP) is stockpiling arms and soldiers uniform, National Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Chief Bisi Akande alleged yesterday.

He said the PDP plans to use the weapons to rig the December 3 governorship election in the state.

Akande made the allegation this in Lokoja at a rally in support of the party's governorship candidate, Prince Abubakar Audu.

He assured the supporters that God will protect them from the intimidation and onslaught of the ruling party.

Akande urged the voters to fearlessly vote for Audu, who he said would provide good roads, electricity, water and quality education for their children as other A CN governors have demonstrated in their states.

He said: "What we are saying and we have been telling you is that we are going to send your children to school. But they are piling guns to fight you. Are you going to fight them? Are you going to vote for the killers? Don't be afraid of their guns. Your God is bigger than all the arsenals they are piling together.

"They have enough money to buy guns because they stole your money. The money is there. When we are in control, we will spend the money for you.

"In Lagos,we spend the money for the people. In Edo, we spend the money for the people. Am I lying? In Ekiti, we spend the money for the people of the state. Is that not true?"

ACN National Leader Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu urged party supporters  to be courageous and free themselves from poverty.

He said members of the ruling party  have brothers and sisters among them and cannot kill them.

Tinubu said the only job the PDP has for the youths is provision of guns for thuggery.

Making biblical references, Tinubu said  it took David to kill Goliath, and Moses to liberate the Israelites from the  Egyptians.

He said former Osun State Governor Olagusoye Oyinlola was a soldier,  former President Olusegun Obasanjo was a general and former Oyo State Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala a policeman, but the A CN defeated them all.

Tinubu said: "Don't be afraid. They don't want you to come out on the election day, that is why they said they have bought gun. It is a lie. The police and army have brothers and sisters among you."

He assured the party's  supporters that with their support, the ACN is ready to embark on the broom revolution on  December  3,   no matter the number of arms assembled by the PDP.

Dignitaries at the rally  include all ACN governors; ACN General Secretary Senator Lawal Shuaibu; Publicity Secretary Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Pastor Osagie Ize Iyamu; and former Minister of Labour and Productivity Isah Gwadabe; among others.

The Nation