A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Timi Frank has revealed alleged plans by
President Muhammadu Buhari to arrest bigwigs within the opposition Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) including the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki;
Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; Deputy Senate President, Ike
Ekweremadu; Presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the
national chairman of the party, Uche Secondus.
Frank, in a statement on Sunday, said the
invasion of the residence of the senator representing Kogi west, Dino Melaye
was part of the plan by the Federal government to keep top members of the PDP
out of circulation ahead of the 2019 polls. He said, “They recently delivered
Deji Adeyanju to prison. Now they are after Melaye. I am aware of their plans
to also arrest Senate President Bukola Saraki, the National Chairman of the
Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, ex-Vice
President and presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Speaker
Yakubu Dogara and all those that matter in the opposition’s hierarchy in the
country on trumped up charges.”
He called on members of the international
community to prevail on President Buhari to save the country’s democracy. “I
also urge the international community to note the illegal use of the nation’s
security to crackdown on opposition figures by the present administration. I
dare say that no amount of intimidation, arrest and persecution will stop
Nigerians from voting out Buhari in the coming election.
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