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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) claimed on Saturday, that its National
Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus and other members of its National Working
Committee (NWC) were under threat.
Addressing newsmen in Abuja, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola
Ologbondiyan also alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) had
commenced “total clampdown” of other PDP chieftains willing to contest
presidency against President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general
elections.
The image maker said the trend was not good for the nation’s democracy and
called on Nigerians and the international community to take note.
“It is instructive to inform that our leaders, particularly, our National
Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, have been receiving threats since the PDP
filed a petition to the United Nations and the Commonwealth of Nations,
detailing documented threats to democracy by the APC and its Federal
Government, abuse of human rights, mass killings, extra-judicial
executions, persecution of opposition and unabated constitutional
violations.
“This has become manifest in the plot to rope members of ‘nPDP’ especially
those in the National Assembly, into gun-running and murder charges just
because they came out to voice their opposition to the APC government’s
constitutional violations and executive brigandage in the running of our
nation’s affairs.
“Apart from allegations of corruption, there are also plots to clamp down
and detain opposition leaders for charges bordering on treason and the PDP
is also aware that some compromised judicial officers have been enlisted
to give convictions and jail members of opposition as well as dissenting
voices, on flimsy grounds.
“The PDP’s response to all these plots is that we are not cowed,” the PDP
said.