The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) on Wednesday expressed concerned over reports by the Senate President
Bukola Saraki that the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris was plotting
to frame him.
Saraki had alleged that Idris was
plotting to use suspected cultists, who have been in detention, to implicate
him and the Governor of Kwara state, Abdulfatah Ahmed.
Reacting to Sarki’s outcry, PDP
lamented over what it termed “brazen assaults on the institutions of democracy”
by the Police.
A statement by PDP’s
spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan reads, “We have taken judicious note of
assertions by the Senate President that the said plot is allegedly being
hatched by the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Idris Ibrahim, “to settle
scores” with the Senate over its recent declaration that he is not fit to hold
public office.
“The PDP is alarmed by the trend
of brazen assaults on the institutions of democracy, particularly the National
Assembly and the judiciary, in addition to unrelenting attacks on dissenting
voices, especially as we approach the 2019 general elections.
“Nigerians will recall that the
PDP had earlier alerted of plots to arrest, harass, detain dissenting voices
and opposition members on trumped-up charges, as well as intimidate
institutions of democracy and pave the way for a one-party state in our
country.
“Nigerians will further recall
the invasion of the Senate chambers by thugs, who disrupted proceedings and
carted away the mace. Only last Friday, hoodlums violently attacked a High
Court in Rivers state with guns, in a bid to stop the judiciary from making
pronouncements on an electoral matter.
“The PDP therefore charges the
National Assembly to defend the nation’s democracy by sparing no energy in
pursuing its resolution of engaging President Muhammadu Buhari on these
assaults, in addition to putting in motion, all legislative instruments
available to it, to curtail all excesses in government before the situation
finally gets out of hand.”
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