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From Agaju Madugba, Katsina
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State said, yesterday, that government has declined its request to use the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium for its presidential rally scheduled for tomorrow
“On two occasions, we applied to use the stadium for the rally of our presidential candidate, former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, and twice the All Progressives Congress government refused,” Director-General, Katsina PDP Campaign Council, Alhaji Mustapha Muhammed Inuwa, said at a press briefing.
“The PDP government built that stadium for the use of the entire people of Katsina and Nigeria but because the APC is currently in power, they refused to allow us use it on a flimsy excuse that they are carrying out certain repairs.”
He said the rally would hold at the old Polo Ground regretting that there may be traffic gridlock due to repairs of some access roads to the area as there would be about 4,000 vehicles on the entourage of the presidential candidate.
Inuwa said Atiku would on arrival in Katsina pay homage to the Emir as well as visit Hajiya Dada, mother of the late president, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, before proceeding to the venue of the rally.
He said Atiku was also expected to visit the Emir of Daura in the course of his campaign tour of the state.
