Tension as APC Mounts Pressure on Buhari to Withdraw National Honour Confers on Powerful PDP Governor
Jalingo, Taraba – The All Progressives Congress (APC), Taraba state chapter has joined calls for the withdrawal of national honour conferred on the state governor, Darius Ishaku.
President Muhammadu Buhari has conferred the honour of the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) on Ishaku, a governor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Newscrescent reported.
After receiving the news, residents of the state described the governor’s honor as an encouragement for a failed Nigeria and asked Buhari to withdraw the award from the governor immediately.
The APC publicity secretary in the state and media director of senator Emmanuel Bwacha governorship campaign council, Aaron Artimas, disclosed the state chapter of the party’s position while speaking to journalists on Wednesday, October 19, in Jalingo.
Artemis alleged that Ishaku is the worst-performing governor in Nigeria, having only 191km of rural road projects still under construction since 2015.