November 30, (THEWILL) – Operatives of the Zamfara State Police Command have arrested a former Minister of State for Information, Ikrah Aliyu Bilbis.
Bilbis is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and currently the Senatorial candidate for Zamfara Central in the 2023 general elections.
Speaking to journalists in Gusau, the state capital, the Acting State Chairman of the PDP, Mukhtar Lugga, expressed concern over the arrest of PDP members due to the visit of the former PDP governorship candidate, Dauda Lawan Dare, to the state.
Lugga also accused the Governor of masterminding the arrest of a former ambassador, Capt. Mairiga (rtd).
He accused Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of conniving with security agencies in shortlisting PDP members for arrest.
“We have every evidence that Zamfara state government under the leadership of Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle, had submitted names of PDP chieftains including me and our governorship candidate, Dr. Dauda Lawal Dare, to be arrested just for something known to the government.
“This government of APC in Zamfara has deprived our political right to even place one single billboard across the state and even planning to close our state secretariat, but we remain law-abiding citizens without saying anything and yet they started threatening our life, which we can not tolerate it anymore”, he said.
The State Police Command has not issued any statement on the development.
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