FORMEr member representing Jos North/Bassa constituency in the National Assembly, Hon. Suleiman YahayaKwande, has reacted to the exclusion of the opposition People’s Democratic Party in the Plateau State Local Government polls.
An Appeal Court judgement had lately thrown out PDP’s appeal against excluding it in the local government polls.
Kwande, who was casting his vote at the Hillstation Polling Unit 002, said PDP was responsible for its fate and not the APC.
“We didn’t cause it, they shot themselves in the foot. It is a PDP man that took the party to court. We didn’t take them to court. If they had settled out of court…It happened to us in Zamfara where a member of the APC took the party to court. We won the governorship, the senate and all members of the House of Representatives and House of Assembly but we still lost because our member took us to court. So it is not our doing, it is their doing,” Kwande stated.
The politician who is once again aspiring for the House of Representatives seat therefore, advised the opposition to “just brace up and give us a good fight”.
“We are ready for them! We are not scared of the opposition. We have done a good job and I am confident our party would win,” he added.
He however urged successful candidates in his party to emulate the “good performance” of the President and governor in order to better the fortunes of the party and restore confidence in the state.
“There’s a lot of voter apathy, lots of voter disharmony and I think the party has lost a lot of ground, but it is up to them to see that the party gains ground before the general election in 2023,” Kwande further stated.
