Barrister Ango made the declaration during an interview on the Pride FM Gusau radio programme, Gaskiya Bata Neman Ado, episode 14.
He said he is the candidate that the national leadership of the PDP and the state leadership of the party gave the ticket to, with the approval of his local government to contest. He said he is the one whose name was sent to INEC and whose name is currently on the INEC portal as the PDP candidate for Anka and Mafara.
He dismissed as false the rumour being spread that another person with the name Hon Ibrahim Musa Basata is the candidate. He described the man as a fraudster who stole and impersonated his name as the candidate for the Anka and Mafara seat.
Barrister Ango accused Hon Ibrahim Musa Basata of lying and deceiving the public. He said there is only one PDP, there is no faction. He said it is the PDP that the court has confirmed and that INEC has recognised as the authentic party under the leadership of Alhaji Abdulrahman Muhammad.
He gave Hon Ibrahim Musa Basata three days to withdraw the false claim and deception or they will meet in court.
Barrister Ango called on his fellow PDP members to remain calm. He said he is still firmly in the PDP and he is still on his contest, there is no running away and no going back. He said by the grace of God, he will win the 2027 election.
Also speaking on the programme, the chairman of the PDP in Talata Mafara Local Government, Ibrahim Na-Allah, said he also saw the false news unexpectedly being spread on social media that Barrister Ibrahim Ango has left the PDP.
The chairman said the person who did the impersonation did it to spoil the name of the PDP or to get money from it. He confirmed that Barrister Ibrahim Ango is still firmly with them in the PDP, there is no running away and no going back. He said even tomorrow, Barrister Ibrahim Ango remains the candidate for Anka and Mafara in the PDP, he is the authentic candidate, as anyone can go to the INEC portal now and see his name in the list of candidates.
He said he is just now hearing the name Hon Ibrahim Musa Basata. He said the PDP executive members in Anka do not know him, the executive members in Mafara also do not know him. He described him as just a fraudster who intruded into this contest to deceive some people. He said they will not leave him on this impersonation, they will take action against him. He said either he comes to deny his statement and support them, or they will take the step of taking him to court for trying to damage the name of their party.
The chairman said the door for joining the PDP is open. He said if he has interest in joining the PDP, they welcome everybody, men and women. He added that the PDP has good policies, and by the grace of God, Engineer Ibrahim Shehu will become the governor in 2027.
Also speaking, Honourable Tsalha Matuzki, an elder and a key stakeholder in the PDP, said the PDP must face this kind of challenge, especially now that people have started seeing its efforts. He said they have promised to give massive votes to the PDP in the coming election. He described the impersonator, Hon Ibrahim Musa Basata, as a thief because what he did is not different from stealing.
He said the PDP in Zamfara State has now seen victory twice and now it will win for the third time by the grace of God, because the people are satisfied with the governorship candidate Ibrahim Shehu Bakauye and other candidates in other seats under the party. He said everybody knows who Engineer Ibrahim Shehu is, people know him and know the good works he did in the past and the ones he is doing now. That is why people in the towns and villages have promised to give him massive votes in the coming election because of his good policies for the people.
He said every PDP member has confidence and certainty about their candidate. He described him as a man with capacity, with sympathy and compassion and love for the progress of the people. He said all the people of Zamfara have confidence in him.
PDP Publicity Secretary, Kabirudeen Muhammad Tsafe, gave more explanation on the court judgement delivered on Thursday which further confirmed the leadership of Alhaji Abdulrahman Muhammad, which gave more strength to supporters of the PDP. He said the judgement further confirmed that PDP is one, there is no faction. He therefore called on their fellow PDP members to come together to strengthen the party until the goal is achieved. He said they should come and sit together and continue to plan the progress of the party with them.
Finally, he drew the attention of the people of Zamfara State to quickly go and collect their voters cards for the coming election with them, if not they will become mere spectators like those who have no freedom.
