Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party met in Abuja on
Friday night where they agreed to call a National Executive Committee meeting
of the party to discuss the security situation in the country.
The meeting has been tentatively scheduled to hold on May
22, while that of the PDP Governors’ Forum may hold a day earlier.
The Friday meeting was attended by the National Chairman of
the party, Prince Uche Secondus; President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; a
former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwanso; a former Governor of
Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke and a former National Chairman of the
PDP, Alhaji Kawu Baraje.
Also at the meeting were a former Governor of Anambra State,
who was also the vice presidential candidate of the PDP, Mr Peter Obi; a former
Governor of Benue State and senator-elect, Gabriel Suswam; the governor-elect of Imo State, Chief Emeka
Ihedioha among others.
The meeting, according to investigations by our
correspondent agreed to hold NEC and other caucuses meeting to review the
state of the nation and address Nigerians on steps to be taken.
It was gathered that the leaders expressed worry over what
they called frightening instability of the nation.
This, sources close to the meeting said, the leaders
attributed to the alleged abuse of power by the Federal Government.
A source, who was at the meeting said the main opposition
leaders accused the government of “manipulations of institutions of government,
insensitivity to the plight of the citizens, constitutional violations,
election rigging as well as the vindictive tendencies of the Muhammadu
Buhari-led All Progressives Congress administration.”
The meeting, which held at Maitama, Abuja, was also said to
have debated the spate of killings in the country.
A source, which was at the meeting, said, “We also reviewed
what we described as the efforts by the APC to intimidate, annex and manipulate
the judiciary, especially on election matters as well as allegations of widespread corruption and
official high handedness of the Buhari-led administration.”
Another source also said that there were alleged moves to
clamp down on Obi, and accused the Chairman of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, Mallam Ibrahim Magu.
“We have it on good authority that Magu is after Saraki
because the Senate he leads refused to confirm him as the chairman of the
commission,” the source said.
The source also said that the meeting discussed the alleged
plan by the anti-graft agency to clamp down “on officials of Rivers State
government, despite the order of the High Court restraining it from doing so.”
It was also learnt that the meeting reviewed the security
situation in the country and resolved further to take the matter to its NEC
meeting.
A source said, “We are worried about the unabated killings
and kidnappings in Zamfara, Borno, Kaduna, Taraba, Yobe, Adamawa, Kogi,
Plateau, Gombe, Edo, Ondo and Abuja and
other states of the federation.
“All these are happening because we have an incompetent
administration that attaches no value for the wellbeing of our citizens.”
On the splitting of Kano Emirate by the state government,
Kwankwanso was said to have briefed the leaders about the alleged security
problem the action of the state governor could cause.
On the election cases that are pending before different
election petition tribunals, it was gathered that the PDP leaders raised fears
that cases involving the party and its members that will end at the Court of
Appeal might not get justice as a result of alleged partisanship of the
President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa.
When called for the confirmation of the meeting, Secondus
said it was true that the PDP leaders met, but refused to disclose the agenda.
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