Ekweremadu to Buhari: Tell police to stop intimidating PDP members
Deputy
Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, has asked President Buhari to prevail on the
police to stop intimidating members of the opposition party, PDP, particularly
those in Edo state who are meant to go to the polls this Saturday to elect a
new governor.
In a statement signed by his media aide, Uche Anichukwu, Ekweremadu accused the police of arbitrarily arresting and intimidating some PDP members and supporters.
In a statement signed by his media aide, Uche Anichukwu, Ekweremadu accused the police of arbitrarily arresting and intimidating some PDP members and supporters.
He urged President Buhari to urgently intervene and maintain the standard of a free and fair election that was established by the PDP before they lost to APC during the last election.
“I am deeply distressed
by the development, not just because I am a member of the PDP, but more
importantly, because the PDP had taken our electoral process beyond where it is
being dragged back to today. The greatest gift of democracy, which makes other
blessings of democracy feasible, is the inalienable right of the people to
elect their leaders of their own freewill in a free, fair, and credible
electoral process that must be devoid of all forms of intimidation. As a
beneficiary of the electoral reforms and policy of non-interference in the
electoral process, exemplified by the immediate past PDP administration, led by
former President Goodluck Jonathan, I expect the APC-led federal government to
immediately call the security agencies to order. If the APC-led FG cannot
improve on the electoral process, I expect them to, at least, maintain the
standard set by the PDP, “he said.
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