Politics

PDP petitions DSS, seeks arrest of Kano chairman

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has petitioned the Department of State Services (DSS), police, and other security agencies, urging them to arrest and brings before the court the sacked chairman of the party in the state, Shehu Sagagi, for impersonation and contempt of court.

The PDP caretaker committee assigned to Kano from the national headquarters of the party asked the security agencies to “nip the sad occurrence in the bud”, and arrest Sagagi immediately.

Speaking at a press conference in Kano on Saturday, the secretary of the Kano PDP caretaker committee, Baba Lawal Aliyu, drew the attention of the police to an Appeal Court judgement that set aside Sagagi-led executives thereby returning the party to its status quo (ante bellum) before an earlier Federal High Court judgement that put them in place.

He stated that following the judgement of the Appeal Court, the Sagagi-led faction further appealed the matter at the Supreme Court and the case has been adjourned to November 20, 2023, stressing that the party’s leadership in the state was no longer under him.

He made references to incidences where Sagagi had addressed himself as the Kano chairman of the PDP, including live programs on national television, saying this violated the order of the Appeal Court.

He further described the actions of Sagagi as capable of breeding violence in the state if the police does not enforce the law on him.

“That surprisingly, Shehu Wada Sagagi jas refused to come to terms with the judgement of the Court of Appeal Abuja and desist from pretending or holding out himself as the chairman of the PDP in Kano state.

“Most recently, Shehu Wada Sagagi appeared at the State Police Command Headquarters in an event organized to harp on peaceful democratic process and the signing of peace acccord for Kano State Parties Chairmen and Gubernatorial candidates. Shehu Sagagi presented and held out himself as chairman of the PDP in Kano State at that event despite knowing that the only judgement of court that recognized him as such has been set aside by the Appeal Court, Abuja.

“That the said Shehu Wada Sagagi appeared on National Television (Arise TV) on the 23/12/2022 on a live program and held himself out as the state chairman of the PDP in Kano state for making a mockery of a valid and subsisting judgement of the Court of Appeal.

“That in the aftermath of the events mentioned above, party faithfuls and stalwarts have continue to express their anger and displeasure over the action of the saod Shehu Wada Sagagi and I therfore deem it necessary to write this letter to your good office in order to nip this sad occurence in the bud and bring the said Shehu Sagagi to book.

“That I believe that the action of Shehu Wada Sagagi in holding himself out as the chairman of the PDP in Kano state constitutes impersonation and same is capable of bringing a breach of the peace in Kano state especially considering the fact that we are in the peak of political campaigns and other electioneering processes,” the petition partly read.

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