PDP condemns alleged mass arrest of members in Niger Delta in Rivers, Delta and Akwa-Ibom states

- PDP has condemned the alleged mass arrest and detention of its leaders and members in Rivers, Delta and Akwa-Ibom states

- The party accused the presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) of turning the south-south zone into a war zone

- Going further, PDP also alleged that during the February 23 polls, soldiers, under the directives of Rotimi Amaechi, invaded the state and engaged in unrestrained harassment of PDP supporters

Hours to the 2019 gubernatorial and state Assembly elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned alleged on-going mass arrest and detention of its leaders and members in Rivers, Delta and Akwa-Ibom states.

This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday, March 6, by Kola Ologbondiyan, the national publicity secretary of the party.

The party consequently accused the presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) of turning the south-south zone into a war zone.

The statement read in full:

"The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) decries the on-going mass arrest and detention of its leaders and members in South South states of Rivers, Delta and Akwa-Ibom states by the Nigerian military ahead of the March 9, 2019 governorship and state Assembly elections.

"The Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) is turning the South South zone into a war zone, out of their desperation to suppress voters, manipulate the electoral process and forcefully take over control of the states.

"In Rivers state, leaders of the PDP are being hounded and forcefully picked up in a well-coordinated operation by military operatives attached to the Director General of Buhari’s Campaign Organization and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.

"Our party has received reports on how soldiers led by one Major Mustapha Bello from Sokoto Division, under Amaechi’s directives, manhandled, arrested and took away the Rivers State Commissioner for Education, Dr. Tam Gogo Jaja to an unknown destination.

"During the February 23 polls, soldiers, also under the directives of Rotimi Amaechi, invaded the state and engaged in unrestrained harassment of PDP supporters, resulting in the killing of over 30 innocent citizens.

"The PDP invites Nigerians and the international community to note the development in the South South as well as how the Buhari Presidency and the APC are provoking the people of the region and pushing them to the precipice.

"The tension in the Niger Delta has been dangerously stretched and there is a limit to what the people can stomach in the face of such aggressions without resort to self-help.

"Moreover, the Niger Delta region remains a stronghold of the PDP and no amount of intimation and assault by the APC can change this reality.

"Our party therefore demands the immediate release of every PDP member arrested by the military as well as instant stoppage of military aggression in the region ahead of the elections. Any delay in cessation of this aggression by the APC and the military will destroy the precarious peace in the region and spell doom for our nation."

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that honourable Oladipupo Adebutu's suit challenging the nomination of Senator Buruji Kashamu as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun state has been dismissed by the Federal High Court, Abeokuta.

The presiding judge, Justice Abubakar Shittuon on Wednesday, March 6, held that the case was statute-barred having been caught up with the 4th alteration.

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According to the court, the reliefs sought cannot be granted because the national leadership of PDP conducted its primaries in flagrant violation of the judgment of the court in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/636/2016.

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