The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State has said the notion of indigenes and settlers is not tenable in the state.
The party stated that the idea is an escape route introduced by failed politicians to incite the public.
Addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Lafia, the chairman of the party in the state, Alhaji Aliyu Bello said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state has been whipping up sentiments and creating disharmony through the same channel.
He said Nasarawa belongs to all residents who have contributed in one way or the other to its development.
According to him, the dream and struggle for the creation of the state by its founding fathers transcended political, ethnic and religious sentiments.
“In their desire to gain power through the back door, the PDP in the State are orchestrating an evil propaganda aimed at bringing disharmony among the people of Nasarawa State, who have been coexisting as one big family, and citizens of Nigeria, from time immemorial.
“At the promptings of its leadership, the PDP supporters are now classifying the people of Nasarawa State as indigenes and non- indigenes. They are sedetiously calling on their imagined “indigenous people of Nasarawa State” to unite and kick against the Court of Appeal judgement which has rightly reversed the Judgement of the State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, by returning to Governor Sule, the popular mandate given to him by majority of the electorates after the Saturday, March 18, 2023 elections.
“We ponder to ask PDP what qualifies one to be an indigene or not. Since the resumption of democracy in 1999, the state has been governed by Sen. Dr. Abdullahi Adamu CON, Turakin Keffi, from Kokona Local Government Area, Alh. Dr. Aliyu Akwe Doma OON, Madaucin Doma, from Doma Local Government Area, Sen. Dr. Umaru Tanko Al-makura, from Lafia Local Government Area and Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule from Akwanga Local Government Area.
“This state belongs to all of us. We should therefore, not be seen to encourage in any form senseless, baseless and provocative statements that have no root in history. We call on the citizenry to trade the path of peaceful association, devoid of sentiments of prompting political unrest in the state,” he explained.
