…Charges Members To Resist Intimidation
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands the immediate and
unconditional release of our Kwara South Senatorial candidate, Senator
Rufai Ibrahim and other members of the party framed-up, arrested and
detained by the Police in Kwara state.
Kola Ologbondiyan, spokesman of the party said “The PDP holds that the
continued detention of Senator Ibrahim on the eve of a crucial election,
in which he is a lead contender, is completely
provocative.
“The party also cautions the police to stop harassing, arresting and
detaining its members on flimsy charges, as such will directly pitch
security agents against the people in a manner that might spark off
violent resistance with regrettable consequences.
“This resort to police brutality by the APC is a script by a losing team
which seeks to introduce violence and use the police to execute their
rigging plots.
“Nigerians will recall our vehement protest against the deployment of
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s lackey, CP Kayode Egbetokun, as Kwara state
Commissioner of Police, wherein we alerted of plots by the APC to use
him to incite the people, cause pandemonium and pave the way for
outright rigging in favour of President Buhari and all other candidates
on the platform of APC.
“However, PDP, in clear terms cautions the APC and their compromised
security agents that nobody has the monopoly of show of strength. Our
members in Kwara or any other state, for that matter, are law-abiding
but will never allow themselves to be subjugated by anybody,
particularly in this critical electoral process.
“In this regard, our members should immediately activate their individual
and collective defence mechanisms by using every legitimate means
available, to resist the aggression of the APC and their compromised
security agents as well as dismantle their rigging machinery.
“We know that the plan of the APC is to stop our members from accessing
their polling centers. Our members should deploy all legitimate means,
including lawful self-preservation strategies and tactical maneuvers to
beat the aggression, arrive at their respective polling centers and
exercise their voting rights accordingly.
“The PDP therefore calls on the Inspector General of Police to
immediately call CP Kayode Egbetokun to order. We also call on lovers of
democracy all over the world to rise in condemnation of this wicked
harassment and arrest of our members ahead of a crucial election.