Kano State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has shelved its planned rally scheduled to hold in Gaya town yesterday until further notice following an alleged disruption by the Police.
PDP State Chairman, Alhaji Mas’ud El-Jibril Doguwa, announced the suspension while briefing newsmen in Kano.
During the aborted rally, the party had planned to receive the gubernatorial candidate of Democratic People Movement (PDM) in 2015 gubernatorial election, Bashir Ishaq and his supporters into the PDP fold.
Doguwa, said the decision to suspend the rally followed several phone calls, which the leadership of the party received from concerned stakeholders, urging them to put off the event.
“We decided to shelve our visit to Gaya until further notice in view of the numerous calls we received, urging us to reconsider our earlier decision to hold the rally despite the advice by the Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Yusuf, to shelve the event, citing security challenges.
“PDP is a law abiding party, it has no record of misunderstanding with security agencies. So we want to remain law abiding,” he said.
He, however, called on party supporters to remain calm and avoid acts capable of causing chaos, pointing out that those already at the venue of the event were directed to leave the place.
He alleged that no fewer than 10 vehicles with armed policemen were deployed to the area to stop the planned rally.
