‘Official Persecution’ Putting Our Lives In Danger – New PDP Cries Out

New-PDP-3The Abubakar Kawu Baraje-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised the alarm over threats to the lives of leaders and members of the faction following the renewed wave of clampdown and ‘persecution’ by security operatives.

The cry of the breakaway faction of the ruling party follows Friday’s ruling by a Federal High Court in Abuja which specifically ordered Baraje, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Sam Jaja and Atiku Abubakar to stop parading themselves, forthwith, as national leaders of the PDP and mandated the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to accord the Alhaji Bamanga Tukur-led National Working Committee, NWC, recognition as authentic leaders of the PDP;  a decision the new PDP vowed to challenge up to the Supreme Court.

Speaking yesterday in an interview, spokesman for the new PDP, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze said aside the threat to lives, members of the faction were serially being hounded by security operatives while the legally acquired property of others were being confiscated, in apparent response to the revocation of a plot of land belonging to Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano by the FCTA.

“As I talk to you today, the withdrawn security aides to Governor Rotimi Amaechi of River state including those of Senator Bukola Saraki, our national chairman (Kawu Baraje) and former Gombe State Governor, Danjuma Goje are yet to be restored”, Eze said, adding: “Our members in Bayelsa state have been declared wanted by the Police who have pledged to handsomely reward anybody with useful information on their whereabouts.”

-Sunday Trust

1 COMMENT

  1. Why should this men still gaining momentum on a wrong track been taken by them in the past? You are wrong in your quest and should adjust now or be forced to bear the consequences for such guilt actions. Don’t you people think at all? what would you your child about such Power seeking quest? FG should let the Law enforcement agency bring them to other now because if it was to be a common citizen you guys would have dealt with them by now. God deliver us from such rebellious attitude by our so called Political Office holders.