PDP ‘WORRIED’ BY ALLEGED POLICE PLOT AGAINST SARAKI
PDP
‘WORRIED’ BY ALLEGED POLICE PLOT AGAINST SARAKI
PDP chairman,
Uche Secondus. [Photo credit: Concise News]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed worry over
alleged plot against Senate President Bukola Saraki.
During the
Senate plenary on Wednesday, Mr Saraki said he was informed by the governor of
Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, that the police allegedly planned to use
suspected cultists to implicate him and the state government.
The police
confirmed the suspects were moved, but warned Mr Saraki against jeopardising
ongoing investigations.
In a
statement on Wednesday by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP said it had
taken judicious note of the development it viewed as a threat to democracy in
Nigeria.
“These
kind of treats are becoming a trend that must be addressed,” the party said.
“The
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is deeply concerned over reports by Senate
President Bukola Saraki of alleged plots by the Police to use suspected
cultists, who have been in detention, to implicate him and the Governor of
Kwara state, Abdulfatah Ahmed.
“The PDP
has taken judicious note of assertions by the Senate President that the said
plot is allegedly being hatched by the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Idris
Ibrahim, “to settle scores” with the Senate over its recent declaration that he
is not fit to hold public office.
“The PDP
is alarmed by the trend of brazen assaults on the institutions of democracy,
particularly the National Assembly and the judiciary, in addition to
unrelenting attacks on dissenting voices, especially as we approach the 2019
general elections.”
Recalling
its earlier warnings, the opposition party said there were plots to arrest,
harass, detain dissenting voices and opposition members on trumped-up charges,
as well as intimidate institutions of democracy and pave the way for a
one-party state in Nigeria.
“The PDP
believes this is one of those plots,” the party claimed.
The party cited other incidents like the invasion of the Senate chambers by
thugs who disrupted proceedings and took away the mace and the violent attack
on a High Court in Rivers state with guns, describing these as a threat to
democracy.
It charged
the National Assembly to “defend Nigeria’s democracy by sparing no energy in
pursuing its resolution of engaging President Muhammadu Buhari on these
assaults, to put in motion all legislative instruments available to it, to
curtail all excesses in government before the situation finally gets out of
hand.”