PDP Laments ‘Oppressive And Unfair Treatment’ Against Its Leaders By FG

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday lamented the oppressive and unfair treatments against its key leaders by the Federal Government.

A statement by the National Legal Adviser, Mr Victor Kwon, said “the arrest and detention of its Deputy National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is part of the grand script by the APC-led Federal Government to decimate the opposition.

“We are also aware that plans have been perfected by the Federal Government to arrest and detain the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio and other leaders of the party on imaginary charges.

“Indeed, intelligence available to the party shows that the Federal Government, using its various agencies, is bent on destroying any opposition to the ruling party as all indications show that the government is more interested in humiliating the PDP than fighting corruption”, the statement added.

Mr Kwon maintained that the “war on the PDP and its leaders has indeed gone too far” and “has now become a mockery of democratic practice”.

The party’s Deputy National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, was arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) in his Abuja home.

A source at the EFCC told Channels Television that Mr Secondus received luxury buses worth over N110 million from a person being investigated by the anti graft agency.