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A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Gombe state has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) government in the state denied members of the opposition party the right to use a venue to organise a dinner.

In a statement, Dahiru Hassan Kera, the PDP chieftain, said it is an act of cowardice for the APC- led government in state to deny PDP the proposed venue for the event slated for Monday.

‘’We organized an end of year dinner for our party members in the state and Gombe International Hotel was booked three weeks ago for the event only for us to be called and informed that the management has banned all political gathering in the hotel,” the statement read.

“It’s obvious that the management are acting a script of the government and this is nothing than an act of cowardice by the APC led government in the state and whether they like it or not, they must prepare for a vibrant opposition and they should get ready to hand over power to PDP in 2023, denying us venue at this earliest stage is a premature sign of psychological defeat.

“The APC must know that opposition is an integral part of our democracy and they should remember that they were allowed to use the same venue for their congresses under the PDP control government and even yesterday some of their Commissioners had a dinner in the same venue we’ve booked and why the sudden embargo now?”

He said the “vendetta” by the APC in the state within barely six months of stewardship has shown that they don’t have anything meaningful to offer to the people of the state.