National Chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has written to the United Nations
(UN), accusing President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress
(APC) of threatening the nation’s democracy.
Secondus in the letter, dated
April 30 and addressed to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said the
APC-led Federal Government was frustrating legitimate opposition, intimidating
and persecuting their leaders and destroying the fragile fabrics of the
nation’s burgeoning democracy.
“Our nation has become heavily
polarized along dangerous fault lines where citizens now live in fear and
mutual suspicion; where citizens are slaughtered by the day by marauders; where
hunger and strange diseases ravage the people due to the insensitive and
incoherent policies of this government,” Secondus noted.
“It is imperative to bring to the
attention of the world, the various constitutional violations and the
unrelenting persecution, arrest, detention and harried trial of opposition
members as well as perceived opponents of government, including innocent
business concerns, apparently in pursuit of the grand plot to discredit and
stifle the opposition in Nigeria.
“There is also, the increasing
unwarranted attacks by government controlled security forces on journalists,
media houses and other well meaning Nigerians carrying out their legitimate
duties simply because they hold different opinions from those of the APC-led
government,” he asserted.
“Recently the Federal Government
confirmed the persecution of opposition leaders in the guise of fighting
corruption when it released a phantom list of alleged looters comprising only
of persons who are members of the opposition PDP.
“Even persons who were facing
criminal prosecution prior to the 2015 presidential elections who are now
members of the ruling APC and other members of APC who are overtly known to be
involved in known cases of corruption were excluded from the list whilst
persons who have never been charged with any crime and who in fact have not
held any previous government portfolio including myself were listed as
‘looters’.
“All notable opposition leaders
are being harassed or hounded by security operatives using all manners of
frivolous and vexatious allegations.
“Today, despite our
constitutionally guaranteed freedom of association and speech, Nigerians now
live in fear of this intolerant, overbearing, bigoted and dictatorial
administration seeking to foist a fascist regime on our country.
“How do we explain or justify the
evil plan of the APCled Federal Government to monitor citizens’ phone calls and
social media communication purportedly to check for hate speeches without any
enabling law?” he wondered.
Secondus also accused the Federal
Government of mass killings and instigating violence against the people, adding
that “a retired General, former Minister of Defence and elder statesman,
General Theophilus Y. Danjuma has openly accused the armed forces of Nigeria of
colluding with the killer herdsmen and providing them cover to kill helpless
and unarmed citizens.”
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