The Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District of Kaduna State in the National Assembly, Senator Lawal Usman Adamu, says moves by his political opponents to smear his rising political profile are mere efforts in futility.
He said such efforts are petty, myopic and laughable.
The lawmaker also debunked allegations of executing any hidden political agenda on behalf of the Senate President Godswill Akpabio in his Kaduna North constituency.
He described the allegations as unfounded and lacking any iota of truth.
Senator Adamu, fondly called Senator LA by his teeming supporters, stated these while reacting to a write-up entitled, “Senator LA Executing Akpabio’s Dirty Job In Kaduna North” written by a “faceless and amorphous” group operating under the pseudonym ‘Kaduna State Concerned PDP Youth.’
He said the masterminds and authors of the ‘misleading’ write up had become dazed and afflicted with with goose pimples following his resounding performance since his election into the Senate.
The lawmaker, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant, Media, Olatunji O.A, further described the allegations against him as baseless and politically motivated, stressing they were the handiwork of mischievous and jobless individuals.
He described the group’s write-up as a trash filled with inaccuracies and outright falsehoods.
Noting the dubious tone of the group’s allegations, Senator Lawal attributed the write-up to disgruntled elements within the PDP in Kaduna State who opposed his candidacy during the primaries and the 2023 National Assembly election, which he won resoundingly.
According to him, his detractors, in an attempt to execute their deviant plan, set up a kangaroo disciplinary committee and unilaterally suspended his supporters on trumped up charges without a recourse to the party’s constitution.
He also said bringing the name of Senate President Godswill Akpabio into issues that only concerned Kaduna State politics is laughable.
Senator Lawal added that the spurious allegation by the group of detractors that he bribed the Damagun-led National Working Committee (NWC) with a contrived amount of money was a malefiscence.
Senator Adamu’s statement partly read, “The masterminds and authors of this misleading message were the same sponsors of an aspirant against Senator LA, who the Distinguished lawmaker roundly defeated at the PDP primaries before going ahead to record a landslide victory at the 2023 general elections. His emergence has left them dazed and afflicted with goose pimples, and in the execution of their deviant plan, they set up a kangaroo disciplinary committee and unilaterally suspended and even expelled the Distinguished Senator’s supporters on trumped-up charges devoid of compliance with the constitutionally outlined processes and procedures.
“They compiled a list of those they considered a threat to their political survival and domiciled same with the state chapter of the party , hoping to use it against the Distinguished Senator LA’s supporters during the forthcoming congresses. One of their targets is Hussaini Garkuwa, who is not even aware he had been disciplined, but a letter announcing his bogus expulsion was circulated on social media as a proof of the success of their clandestine and nefarious activities. This has been the order in which they operated and relied on being the disciplinary measures they claim to conjure.
“As a Senator who works under the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, who is the presiding officer of the Senate, Distinguished Senator LA is duty-bound to execute the tasks assigned to him and to report back to him as appropriate. Senator Akpabio is a first among equals, and bringing him into Kaduna State political issue affecting the PDP is, to say the least, petty, myopic and even laughable.
“The spurious allegation by the group that the Distinguished Senator LA bribed the Damagun-led National Working Committee with a contrived amount of money is a maleficence at its best, intended to give a dog a bad name in order to hang it, and without a doubt, this is an exercise in futility.
“Finally, the Baba Kasim matter is procedurally defective, as he ought to have been confirmed by the NWC and he hasn’t. We are aware of all the shenanigans and subterranean moves aimed at undermining and subverting the efforts of the Distinguished Senator LA with the active connivance of some disgruntled elements within the party. Surely, at the appropriate time, we shall respond accordingly.”
