The immediate past Minister of information, Labaran Maku, has accused the Nasarawa State Governor, Alhaji Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, and the state’s ruling All Progressives Congress of throwing the state into needless and senseless violence and wanton
destruction of lives and property in the last three and half years.
Maku, who is a governorship aspirant on the platform the Peoples Democratic Party, specifically said that the state has never witnessed the magnitude of waste of lives and destruction of property, which is happening during Al-Makura’s tenure since the inception of the state in 1996.
The former Minister pledged to re-unite the various ethnic groups in the state and restore lasting peace, if voted as the next governor of the state next year.
Maku spoke in Lafia, the state capital, while answering questions from journalists after a meeting of governorship aspirants with PDP executives at the party’s secretariat.
He promised to mobilise the youths, women and the old people of the state and galvanise their potentials to bring peace, progress and development of the state voted into office in 2015.
Maku reasoned that the politics of violence, war and destruction of lives and property could only end with the defeat of APC government in the state come 2015.
He noted with regrets that majority of the people who elected the present administration into office have suddenly been killed all over the state as a result of needless killings.
According to him: “Our people who have lived together for centuries and who have inter
married are now killing each other.
“Instead of Governor Al-Makura dealing with the issues, he has been busy playing politics with the issue of peace.
“I want to tell you clearly that the war and destruction in the state is not a war between the Eggons and Fulanis and other ethnic nationalities in the state, but a political war of attrition.”
Maku expressed optimism that he would get the party’s ticket in the forthcoming primaries.
He maintained that he has all that it takes to be the governor the state.