The National Chairman of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has claimed that the killing of
APC members in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) states were
politically-motivated.
Speaking with newsmen after a
meeting of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) on Tuesday, the former
Edo State governor also slammed the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar, over his promise to create millions of jobs annually.
On the allegation of politically
motivated killings in PDP states, Oshimohole said: “The third issue we
discussed is a very disturbing development in some states where the PDP is
using the state instrument, misusing the police the way they like to undermine
the basic democratic rights of the APC in those states they feel they are in
charge.
“A typical example is what
happened today in Akwa-Ibom where the Commissioner of Police colluded with the
state governor to force the APC out of the state’s House of Assembly.
“The Commissioner went beyond the
bounds of his duty to aid and abate what was clearly wrong. It is not the
business of the police to assist the political authorities to effect their own
biases.
“We are also witnessing some sad
developments like few weeks back when the state chairman of the APC in Enugu
State narrowly escaped assassination but unfortunately his police orderly was
not so lucky as he was shot at and hospitalised.
“In Rivers State, two members of
the House of Assembly were abducted and one of them found dead.
“We do not think that these are
normal criminals but we are beginning to wonder the way which our party
leaders, particularly in states we found not have governors the way they gone
under attack, violent and even assassination.
“These are, for me, very
dangerous signals and we want to appeal all those active in the political
process that we must respect the right of every Nigerian to belong to party of
their choice,” he said.
Celebrating the victory of APC in
Kwara State and the downfall of Saraki, he said, “For me, even more outstanding
is the humiliating defeat Saraki suffered in the hands of Kwara people who are
determined to dismantle the Saraki failed attempt to install his own variance
of a political culture of which he is the only constant decimal.
“I think the good people of Kwara
state have dealt him a big blow as the proclaim leader of the opposition PDP
and he has had to lead the campaigns to so many other places.
“Now here is a native doctor who
was busy going to other states now unable to heal his own people.
“That defeat in Kwara State as
far as we are concerned particularly by person he did not put in place to stand
election means a lot to us.
“We are not going to accept a
Nigerian variant where a minority party preside over the affairs of the
National Assembly whether as dictated by Bukola Saraki as as represented by
Yakubu Dogara in the House of Representatives of the PDP because it is not
right.
“In his own case what the people
of Kwara have done to him is that they are going to politically bury him come
February next year and he has seen the first warning.
“I am sure Saraki would be
politically retired by the good people of Kwara that he has mismanaged their
economic and political rights over the years.
“So, I am very excited about that
and we think that this is something worth celebrating and we took time to
celebrate it today,” he said.
On Atiku’s promise to create
jobs, he said: “People should market themselves by telling us why we should
trust them, particularly since there are no new players on parade.
“Everybody that l know of on
parade have at one time or the other been in government.
“So, if you are going to put
air-conditions on Nigeria roads, you have to tell us how you are going to
design it and why you couldn’t design the air-condition even for a room and
parlour. I think issues like that would be asked. There are no magic.
“If you are going to create 10
millon jobs, how come that when you were in government before and you produce a
SEED document where you promised to create seven million jobs, by the time when
that government was out, we had lost Micheline, Dunlop, closed down entire
textiles industries, we witness unprecedented industrial obituary. Factories
were closing one after the other.
“So, these are the issue we
really want to engage. It is going to be a very interesting season for the
media.
“They have to play back what
people are saying and to compare what they did when they have the
opportunities.
“I think that there will be more
to keep us busy rather than to resort to primitive tactics of arm twisting of
harassing and using thugs to intimidate state leaders of our party,” Oshiomhole
quipped.
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