We will not bow to any tyranny - PDP raises serious allegations against President Buhari, APC

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- The PDP accused the ruling APC of intimidation

- The opposition party said some of its members have been marked for arrest

- It said the APC has lost the chance to win in 2019

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised serious allegations against the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government.

In a statement by the party on Wednesday, November 8, it claimed that the APC=led government has marked 50 members of the party for arrest.

It claimed 5 persons have already been illegally arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) but insisted that they were not bothered as they would bounce back to win in 2019.

Read the statement below:

"The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wish to draw attention of Nigerians to the continued harassment of our party members by the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of President Muhammadu Buhari, for no justifiable reason.

"The latest needless onslaught against our party members is the plan by the APC government at the centre to incarcerate 50 members of our party before the end of this year with a view to using their arrest to deceive Nigerians that the failed anti-corruption war is still on course.

"The dirty job we are aware, have been handed over to the compromised anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) .

"Already, five members of our party have been illegally arrested and detained by EFCC without any charge preferred against them.

"Who the rest 45 members to be picked up are, we cannot say in the immediate. However, we are by no means scared of the persecution by the Buhari administration as we are sure that the daylight is about to break after the dark night of the APC administration.

"We wish to state clearly that what is ongoing under the Buhari administration is not a fight against corruption but an attempt at using members of the PDP as scapegoats and cover up for the ineffectual anti-corruption agenda of the current government.

"The current wave of arrests therefore has nothing to do with the failed anti corruption war but everything with 2019 elections. Having failed on all it’s major election planks and with nothing to show for its over thirty months in office , the APC government has come to the conclusion that the only way to prevent its inevitable defeat at the polls in 2019 is to hound, harass, intimidate and suppress members of our party into submission.

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"However we wish to state clearly that irrespective of what the APC government do in an attempt at bringing the PDP down to its knees, we shall remain irrepressible and will not bow to any tyranny. The APC has already thrown away it’s chances in the 2019 elections by its non performance . No amount of intimidation and harassment of the opposition will improve its fortunes.

"We call on all men and women of goodwill to rise up to challenge the invidious attempt of the APC government to turn Nigeria into a gestapo state and undermine our hard earned democracy on the altar of political desperation.

Meanwhile, Abdulsalami Abubakar, a former head of state said that the PDP has not properly played credible opposition role in the current politics and governance in the country.

The retired army general stated this while receiving Raymond Dokpesi in his residence in Minna on Thursday, October 12.

Abubakar challenged PDP to play opposition properly, saying though no political party could remain in power forever, the main purpose of any party, whether in governance or in opposition, was to serve the people.

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