The
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said on Saturday that it rejects in its
entirety, “attempt by the Buhari Presidency to foist a full-blown fascism on
our country, beginning with the placement of illegal travel restrictions on
Nigerians.”
In a press statement signed by Kola
Ologbondiyan, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, the party said this
“draconian step is clearly targeted at members of the opposition parties,
perceived political enemies of President Muhammadu Buhari, well-meaning
Nigerians, including members of the business community, religious leaders,
former political leaders and traditional rulers, who are perceived to be averse
to President Buhari’s re-election bid.
“The PDP further notes that this “decree” is a
direct clampdown on our democratic order and an overthrow of rights of our
citizenry as guaranteed by the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
“We hope this is not a ploy to harm certain
eminent Nigerians on the claims of resisting travel restrictions.
“The whole world can now see how fascism is
fast taking over our democracy and judicial system and how the Buhari
administration, by fiat, has directly ordered that citizens be secretly
trailed, their movements and financial transactions restricted by government
agencies, without recourse to due process of the law,” the statement
highlighted.
The party said while it notes that the Buhari
presidency has gone into “panic mode since the popular emergence of Alhaji
Atiku Abubakar as PDP Presidential candidate and the spontaneous jubilation his
emergence has evoked across the country, the party maintains that the resort to
total clamp down on the opposition and our supporters will be totally
unacceptable.
“What this means is that all Nigerians,
particularly, opposition members, members of the business community and
religious leaders, have become endangered and stand the risk of state violence
under the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration.
“The PDP, therefore, alerts the international
community to hold the Buhari Presidency responsible should any harm befall any
opposition leader, key members of the business community and religious leaders
across the country as we march towards the 2019 general elections.
“Finally, the repositioned PDP invites all to
note how the APC and the Buhari Presidency are pushing our nation to the brinks
but restates that no amount of intimidation, harassment and foisting of fascism
will deter Nigerians from their determination to rally on the platform of the
PDP to oust the incompetent, anti-people and repressive APC administration,
come 2019.
“This nightmare must end on May 29, 2019.” the
statement highlighted.
- Premium Times
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