The minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi, who also doubles as All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign director general in Sokoto state, has
Dingyadi said the claim that the police was used to intimidate members of the opposition in Sokoto during the elections was a baseless fallacy.
Debunking allegations that he used his position as Minister of Police Affairs and Campaign Director General of the Sokoto APC to the advantage of his party in the general elections , Dingyadi said such a statement must be expected from anybody or party that loses election. The minister recalled that he was the same Maigari Dingyadi in 2015 that was Sokoto State Campaign Director General of APC when Aminu Waziri Tambuwal won as Sokoto State governor.
He said, “I am the same Maigari Dingyadi and Sokoto State Campaign Director General of APC in 2019 when Tambuwal defected to PDP and won reelection as governor. But there was no accusation of foul play. Recalled that ahead the April 15 rerun of National Assembly elections in the country, a group known as Network For Domestic Election Monitors in Sokoto State has insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari should caution the Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, and leader of the All Progressives Congress in the State, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko not to repeat the alleged disruption and malpractice caused during the February 25 and March 18, 2023.
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