The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP)has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to “vent its
frustration” on innocent Nigerians.
Kola Ologbondiyan, spokesman of
PDP, said this in a statement on Tuesday while reacting to the alleged
harassment and detention of his party members across the country.
Ologbondiyan said the APC
government is intolerant of opposition parties because it has realised that its
chances of getting re-elected in 2019 are slim.
He said the party would reject
any attempt by anybody to suppress the constitutionally guaranteed rights of
the people.
“The APC has failed and should
not be allowed to vent its frustration on innocent Nigerians,” the statement
read.
“Opposition members are now being
arrested, manhandled and detained, with some of them having their family houses
demolished for holding and expressing opinion even under a democracy.
“Currently, our members and
supporters in many states including Edo, Rivers, Kaduna, Kogi, Borno, Adamawa
and others are being hounded for expressing opinion, particularity on the
exposed corruption, abuses, constitutional violations and incompetence of the
APC administration.
“Our Edo state chairman, chief
Dan Orbih was summoned, questioned and his personal freedom curtailed by the
police in Edo state for daring to speak against corruption in the state, an action
which the unscrupulous officers at the command boasted will teach him and PDP
members in the state, a lesson. We commend chief Dan Orbih for his
forthrightness even in the face of harassments and intimidation by the APC.
“In Kogi state, there are reports
of APC agents attacking and destroying property belonging to opposition members
and supporters. Nigerians have not forgotten how the APC government in Kaduna
state demolished property belonging to opposition members and perceived
political opponents; how the PDP secretariat in Borno was destroyed and how our
property and those of our supporters were destroyed by agents of government in
Adamawa state.
“We decry this raging
intimidation of our party officials, members and supporters and call on all
good-spirited Nigerians and the international community to stand up and condemn
this drift towards a stone age despotism.”
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