Uche Secondus, national chairman
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has accused the federal government of
injecting crisis in states controlled by the PDP and forcing governors on the
party’s platform to a deal ahead of the 2019 polls.
In a statement on Wednesday, the
opposition leader alleged that the federal government had entered into an
agreement with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the
police to cripple PDP states and ensure they lose focus on the 2019 elections.
Secondus said the move which is
aimed at causing severe and disabling damage to these states is part of the
grand design to distract the PDP from its “focused journey to reclaim power and
rescue this country from the inept rule of the APC”.
He singled out Bayelsa state that
had eight police commissioners in three years as well as Akwa Ibom and Ebonyi
states where the police leadership in the states have been changed randomly.
“In most PDP states despite the
governors being the statutory chief security officers, police commissioners
have set up parallel structures to undermine the security of the states just to
satisfy their pay masters,” he said.
“They have resolved to inject
crisis in PDP-controlled states and ensure that our governors who are refusing
to play ball are permanently distracted for their re elections. They have
deployed huge cash in these states to either use labour or state legislators to
inject crisis, frighten the governors and force them to do a deal with them.”
He alleged that anti-graft
agencies have been “co-opted into this nefarious project” to make it look as if
it is its anti- corruption programme.
Accusing Ibrahim Magu, acting
chairman of the EFCC, of being deeply involved in the reelection campaign of
Buhari, Secondus wondered why the commission had not gone after Abdullahi
Ganduje, governor of Kano, over the controversial videos of him allegedly receiving
bribe.
“Nigerians should ask the EFCC
Chairman Ibrahim Magu who is busy campaigning for President Muhammedu Buhari
and wearing his campaign badge why only PDP governors are on their radar,” he
said.
“Nigerians should ask EFCC why
they are looking away on what happened in Kano that everybody watched, if
Governor Ibrahim Ganduje had been a PDP would EFCC have kept mum?
“Nigerians should find out why is
it that only PDP Finance Commissioners are visitors to EFCC while their APC
counterparts where corruption is obvious are glorified.
“Only PDP governors are
performing and carrying out people oriented projects across the country as can
be witnessed by all but they are the only one being harassed by Magu and his
team.
“We are aware on good authority that
Magu has vowed to make the re- election of President Buhari his personal
project even if Nigerians appear to have turned their back on them.”
TheCable could not reach Garba
Shehu, spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari, for reaction as of the time this
report was filed as he neither answered his calls nor replied a text message
sent.
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