The Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, on Wednesday alleged that the All Progressives Congress, APC, and
President Muhammadu Buhari are plotting to “foist a one-party state”.
PDP said the plot was aimed at
pushing a “self succession” for Buhari “seeing that their chances of winning
the presidential election gets slimmer by the day.”
Speaking during a press
conference in Abuja, spokesperson of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan also claimed
that the Presidency was plotting to arrest those wishing to contest for the
presidency.
According to Ologbondiyan, “Our
dear nation is now passing through her darkest hours. Our constitutional
democracy is under severe attack. Agents of fascism are on the prowl. As we
speak, Nigeria, as a nation is being pushed to the brinks and personal freedom
of citizens under our constitution is no longer guaranteed.
“Today, in our country, there is
an orchestrated plan by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Federal
Government to use the state apparatus of power to coerce, emasculate and
effectively decapitate opposition and other dissenting voices, foist a
one-party state and push a self-succession bid for President Muhammadu Buhari,
seeing that their chances of winning the presidential election gets slimmer by
the day.
“Currently, the APC has fully
commenced a major onslaught on leaders and key voices in the main opposition
party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), particularly our state governors,
opposition leaders in the National Assembly as well as our presidential
hopefuls.
“You are already aware of the
numerous exposed plots by the APC and its Federal Government to frame up and
humiliate the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremmadu, as well as PDP
governors, particularly, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and his Ekiti state
counterpart, Governor Ayo Fayose.
“This is in addition to advanced
plots by the Federal Government to clampdown on key leaders of the party and
begin to drop in public places, alleged confessional statements made under
duress in the desperate attempt to achieve a pre-determined end of validating
the bandying of corruption allegations against members of the PDP.
“We have also been made aware of
a special presidential committee put up by the APC Federal Government to
persecute our leaders. Already, no fewer than 28 cases have been filed based on
trumped up charges. Also we are privy to series of clandestine meetings between
agents of the APC and some compromised judicial officers to get conviction at
all cost.
“In the same vein, we are in the
know of plots to embarrass credible individuals, particularly in the PDP, known
or perceived to be interested in contesting the 2019 Presidential election,
having realized that their party, the APC, is finally stuck with a very
unpopular and rejected Presidential candidate, who can no longer command the
support of Nigerians.”
The PDP spokesperson alleged that
the APC in a desperate attempt to win election, “is stopping at nothing,
including resort to undemocratic proclivities.”
He said, “The world is already
aware of the unrelenting Gestapo style of persecution, arrests, detention and
trial of opposition members as well as perceived opponents of the government,
including innocent business concerns, under the guise of war against
corruption.
“We are not opposed to the fight
against corruption, which, of course, was started by our party, through the
establishment of credible anti-corruption institutions. We however demand that
prosecutions must be done in a credible, transparent, legitimate and
constitutional manner. We will not allow the persecution of our members under
the guise of the fight against corruption.”
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