…Calls for his immediate arrest over Muslim, Kanuri, Fulani hate theology and opposition party haram inciting comments
…In Michika, council chairman, vice chairman, council leader, commissioner, members of state Assembly and House of representatives and LGA party chairman, are all christians. It is trite for someone with Maduwa’s smear and stains to attack Muslim-muslim ticket…
The organising secretary of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC in Adamawa State, Mustapha Atiku Ribadu has in a strong worded statement, called for the immediate arrest of governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri’s associate, Stephen Maduwa, over inciting comment against Muslims capable of causing the spillage of innocent blood.
Ribadu, in a press statement Wednesday, said the governor’s associate is “nothing other than a lilly livered opportunistic political thug who thinks that issuing such a cowardly and baseless threat will make him a hero.
“Fueling the embers of war in the build up to general election is an affront on our constitution and electoral act, which should never be condoned. Maduwa’s inciting rabble becomes even more disturbing considering the volatility of Michika and the entire Adamawa north, which is still smarting from the grip of Boko Haram insurgency and other forms of social insecurity.”
Maduwa, a PDP chieftain and close ally of governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has in a viral video, urged PDP supporters to bring out swords to fight imbeciles and usurpers – opposition party members – whenever they come to Michika for campaigns.
He also cautioned the people against going for a Kanuri man and Muslim-Muslim ticket, saying that “fielding a Muslim-muslim ticket with Kanuri man as a major beneficiary represents the worst affront on the sensibility of his people.
“The politician who also called Peter Obi a gambler urged christians not to be deceived into voting the Labour Party’s candidate in churches just as he called the running mate of APC Gubernatorial candidate in Adamawa State, Titsi Ganama a sell out and urged the people of Michika not to give him the opportunity to campaign in the area.
But reacting to Maduwa’s comments, Ribadu noted that the politician has no moral standing to attack the Muslim-muslim ticket adopted by his party because despite the numerical strength of Muslims in Michika local government, every important position was ceded to a Christian.
“Maduwa has no moral right to talk about Muslim-Muslim ticket because in his local government of Michika where there is a substantial number of Muslims, all elected political office holders are Christians.
“The council chairman, vice chairman, council leader, commissioner, members of state Assembly and House of representatives and LGA party chairman, are all christians. It is trite for someone with Maduwa’s smear and stains to attack Muslim-muslim ticket,” he said.
Ribadu said that it is the height of rascality and madness for Maduwa to say he would not vote for APC urging those close to the politician to take him to hospital for mental examination and to security agencies to have him arrested for taking Muslim hate as a theology to proslytise and for the opposition party haram inciting comment.
“I find it difficult to understand where Maduwa is coming from. But for a man in PDP to say he will not vote for APC only signifies that he may be suffering from a serious mental health challenge,” Ribadu noted.
Ribadu who accused Maduwa of thuggish tendencies noted that it was not the first time he was inciting violence on individuals as he has done that by threatening to slaughter an Adamawa based journalist for doing his work.
“We know that Maduwa has a pastime of issuing threats on journalists and others who disagree with the clueless government of his principal. But we want to tell him that enough is enough as we are capable of defending ourselves against any onslaught by him or any power drunk mortal potentate,” he added.