This
was contained in a statements titled: ‘:2019: APC Government’s Desperation And
Agenda For Politicized Arrests ‘signed by the Deputy Minority Leader, Chukwuma
Onyema who raised the alarm that in spite of denials, there is a secret ongoing
agenda for the arrest of scores of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) functionaries
towards thwarting the party’s build up for 2019 elections.
According
to him, “it is one of those things that the APC government does not want any
citizen to talk about at the moment but with ruthless efficiency and a devious
Machiavellian determination, the APC government is now using the threat of
arrest to intimidate and coerce the opposition.
“Although their party is trying
to deny it, the APC government, lacking in genuine democratic ideals and seeing
the failure of deceptive change, has begun a desperate programme to bludgeon
democratic opposition by arresting key figures in various states.
“In spite of
their deceptive denial, we know that they are starting their series of
politicized arrests from the North Central Zone, with an audacious plan for the
arrest and continuous harassment of scores of PDP loyalists in other zones
before 2019,” the caucus stated.
Attributing the ruling party’s agenda for
politicized arrests to the disappointments in its change agenda and the
populace’s increasing evidence of official hypocrisy, the PDP caucus expressed
disappointment, maintaining that a respectable institution like the EFCC has been
drawn into the secret agenda.
“Their very frantic preparation for 2019 has
become really saddening when such agenda ropes in an institution like the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for strong-arm tactics, media
trial and timed annihilation of the opposition in desperate preparation for
2019. “The question needs to be asked again:
Has this APC government got the
conscience to confess that their ‘Change’ magic wand has not worked? “A
minister in the ‘Change’ government gleefully announced how they got a website
for N700 million; trillions spent in the past two years have not impacted
positively on people’s lives and there are fears that their usual shoddy
implementation could consolidate poverty across the land.
“An unprecedented
woeful handling of the economy has resulted into worsening mass depression and
unemployment but an insensitive APC Minister claims that they have created
seven million jobs as many youth register for their peanut distribution
programme while the high-paying jobs at Central Bank and other places are
reserved for APC functionaries’ children.
“Still, they are resolute about
acquiring more debt for future generations. “The globally renown Moody’s
Investors Service downgraded Nigeria because the authorities’ efforts to address
key structural weakness exposed by the oil price shock by broadening the
non-oil revenue base had “so far proven largely unsuccessful” while the
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN)
kicked against the planned sale of critical national oil assets to raise $2
billion, saying it was not in the national• interest.
“It is heart-rending that
the embarrassing international tragedy involving the sexual abuse and murder of
twenty young Nigerian females on the Mediterranean Sea was only acknowledged by
a feeble voice of a presidential aide.
“Yet at all times, the APC government
continues to feel haunted by PDP at every turn, seeking to blame all its woes
and failures on PDP but it is no surprise that one of the APC top appointees
who presided over the killing of Ken Saro-Wiwa publicly acknowledges that the
APC government has derailed,” the caucus added.
Calling on Nigerians to resist
anti-democratic ploys and over-reaching efforts aimed at neutralizing political
opposition before the 2019 elections, the PDP House Caucus affirmed its
conviction that such agenda would fail.
“All people of goodwill must feel
concerned that this government seems poised to continue its clueless bumbling
from one miscalculation to another, with a desperate hope that government
agencies like EFCC can be used for strong-arm tactics against the opposition
towards guaranteeing APC and its failed propaganda machinery an undeserved
victory in 2019.
“It will not work because no matter what desperate plan they
hatch, PDP is coming into power in 2019.
“No one should be deceived or lulled
into inaction by the APC denial of their agenda for politicized arrests in the
countdown to 2019.
“Genuine democrats must speak up and vigorously demand a
preservation of democratic rights as guaranteed by the nation’s constitution
and various international protocols; silence is not ideal in the face of wanton
oppression by pseudo-progressive forces that rely on coercion and authoritarian
tactics in their preparation for 2019 elections,” the PDP House caucus
asserted.
credit : vanguard news
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