Youths of Nigeria’s leading opposition
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, under the banner of Peoples Democratic
Party National Youth Frontier, PDPNYF, have lamented the rate at which
the current government is persecuting the members of the party.
The party described the freezing of the
personal account of Governor Ayodele Fayose by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, as manifestation of a grand plot by
President Muhammadu Buhari to discredit PDP members and weaken “our
great party ahead of 2019 general elections.”
The PDPNYF in a statement on Tuesday, by its National Coordinator, Usman Okai, argued that “history is repeating itself again.”
According to Okai, “President Muhammadu
Buhari is clearly manifesting the same dictatorial tendencies he
exhibited during his military regime between 1983 to 1985, as presently
being applied in the polity in the attempt to discredit PDP members and
weaken our great party ahead of 2019.”
Okhai said: “How does one explain the
freezing of the personal account of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti
State in Zenith Bank, by the EFCC, just because he’s a leading
opposition voice speaking against ills of the Buhari Presidency and the
APC-led Government.
“The freezing of Governor Fayose’s Bank
Account is a move targeted at weakening the PDP and linking him (Fayose)
with Arms probe. An this is categorically orchestrated by the APC. This
act by the EFCC is politically motivated and targeted at weakening the
leading opposition figures.
“The APC has designed and perfected
plans to destroy the leading and largest opposition party in Africa ,
knowing full well that it has failed to deliver on it frivolous campaign
promises sensing the facts that PDP is set to take over power in 2019.
“The EFCC has since Buhari’s resumption
in office been targeting PDP top figures. It’s now obvious that
President Buhari is still a dictator and his anti-corruption crusade is a
sham, hypocritical, double standard and selective.”
The PDPNYF reaffirmed its total support
for holistic fight against corruption, but decried that unfolding events
had confirmed “our position that this administration is only using the
anti-corruption posture as a tool to witch-hunt PDP members and
perceived political opponents of the APC government. What we know for a
fact is that the PDP is currently undergoing reforms and is ready to
unseat the APC in 2019.
“The ongoing rebuilding exercise in the
PDP will see the party take over power in 2019, notwithstanding that
Buhari is applying every negative means to decimate our great party,
including the relentless victimization of our key members.”
“Another leading opposition voice and
erstwhile Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani Kayode has been silenced
and languishing in the EFCC custody in the name of the war against
corruption. Despite the facts that the accused has met all the bail
conditions, they would still not allow him enjoy his fundamental human
rights,” lamented the PDP youths.
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