{"id":82119,"date":"2021-06-12T17:22:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T16:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=82119"},"modified":"2021-06-12T17:22:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-12T16:22:53","slug":"june-12-pdp-condemns-apc-buharis-clampdown-on-peaceful-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/june-12-pdp-condemns-apc-buharis-clampdown-on-peaceful-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"June 12: PDP Condemns APC, Buhari\u2019s Clampdown on Peaceful Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned violent clampdown by the securiry agents on Nigerians who are peacefully protesting on Democracy Day.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The party describes the brutal clampdown on citizens on Democracy Day as a sacrilegious demonstration of APC\u2019s aversion to democracy as well as its barefaced repugnance towards Nigerians, particularly in their demands for their rights.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a Statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said it is awkward that the APC and President Buhari, who were allowed their freedom when they protested in 2014, would turn around to subject Nigerians to actions of inhumanity including the use of firearms against the people, as being witnessed today.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;It is instructive to note that President Buhari, in his supposed Democracy Day address, failed to rein in his security operatives despite the cautions by the PDP. This places the culpability for whatever befalls Nigerians, in the face of the violent attacks by security agencies, on the APC as well as Mr. President&#8217;s desk.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The PDP is not surprised that in his over 20 minutes speech, Mr. President never made any commitment towards upholding the democratic tenets of free speech, freedom of expression, freedom of association and right to peaceful protest, as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution and our statutes, from which he, as APC candidate, drew huge benefit in 2014.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Our party is cataloguing all the infringements which the APC and President Buhari are rudely imposing on Nigerians and we urge all global democratic institutions to take note of the violent infringements and clampdown on democracy in Nigeria by the APC.&#8221;<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned violent clampdown by the securiry agents on Nigerians who are peacefully protesting on Democracy Day. 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