Tuesday 31 December 2013
Senator Abdulaziz Usman Tarabu, representing North-East Senatorial zone escaped lynching at a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, rally held at Biriniwa in Jigawa state. The Senator was attacked by members of his constituency as he attempted to address them.
The PDP Jigawa State chapter has been holding rallies in all the three Senatorial zones of the state ahead of the local government election slated for January 18, 2014.
The youths who had gathered for the rally started spontaneous chants of “bamayi, bamayi” which means “we are not in support of you” in Hausa language as the senator attempted to climb the podium to address party faithful.
‘bamaso-bamaso’, meaning “we don’t like you” as the senator continued his climb.
As the chants grew louder and turned from mere chants to hauling of pure water sachets and other items, the Senator was forced to withdraw his address and return to his seat.
As the chants grew louder and turned from mere chants to hauling of pure water sachets and other items, the Senator was forced to withdraw his address and return to his seat.
It was also gathered that another Senator, Abdulmumini Hassan Zareku, was also meted a similar treatment by irate youths in Miga Local Government Area of Dutse Emirate Council, a situation which forced him not to address the gathering in the area.
The incident took place in Miga, the headquarters of Miga Local Government Area, which comprises seven local government areas where the seven candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were presented to their electorate by Governor Sule Lamido.
Immediately the senator mounted the podium to address the crowd, the shouting started. The youths chanted ‘bamaso, kasauka, bakayi, mana komeba’, meaning, “we don’t like you, come down from the podium, you have done nothing for us.”
Though courageous at first and ignoring the shouts , he later had to stop when the shouting became so intense, and was becoming an embarrassment to the personalities at the rally.
Reacting to the tensed situation, Gove
rnor Lamido expressed disappointment, saying, the behaviour exhibited was contrary to that of Jigawa State citizens who are known to be kind and accommodating.
rnor Lamido expressed disappointment, saying, the behaviour exhibited was contrary to that of Jigawa State citizens who are known to be kind and accommodating.
