Bauchi State chapter of the PDP has reacted to the statement credited to the outgoing Governor of the state Mohammed Abubakar on Wednesday that he would challenge the party’s victory in the last governorship election in court. State Chairman of PDP Hamza Akuyam in an interview with newsmen on Thursday said that the decision of the APC to go to court is a welcome development. He said that it is the constitutional right of the Governor to go to court to seek redress declaring that “we are ready to meet them in court. The court will reaffirm our victory”. Akuyam noted that the Court does not give anybody victory but it is the people that give victory and they have given us the victory. On the allegation by the governor that the victory of the PDP has caused a resurgence of sara suka thuggery in the state, Akuyam said if there is any breakdown of law and order in the state, he (the Governor) is to be held responsible. The PDP Chairman said: “we know his antics, he is a wounded Lion who is out to make a lot of noise and arrest people. We will not succumb to his own propaganda. “In a nut shell, as the Chief Executive Officer of the State he is complaining that there is increase of armed gangs, he should go and arrest them. Whoever comes out with arms, he should arrest them, it is his people that are doing so and he knows very much about it.”
