The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday accused the Buhari led government of perfecting plans to imprison 50 of its topshots ahead of the 2019 general elections.
The national publicity secretary, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, in a statement urged all well-meaning Nigerians to “challenge the government’s attempt to turn Nigeria into a gestapo state.”
PDP said what President Muhammadu Buhari was doing was not a fight against corruption but an attempt at using members of the PDP as scapegoats and cover up for the ineffectual anti-corruption agenda of the current government.
“The latest needless onslaught against our party members is the plan by the APC government at the centre to incarcerate 50 members of our party before the end of this year with a view to using their arrest to deceive Nigerians that the failed anti-corruption war is still on course.
“The dirty job we are aware, have been handed over to the compromised anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
“Already, five members of our party have been illegally arrested and detained by EFCC without any charge preferred against them.
“Who the rest 45 members to be picked up are, we cannot say in the immediate.
“However, we are by no means scared of the persecution by the Buhari administration as we are sure that the daylight is about to break after the dark night of the APC administration.
“The current wave of arrests therefore has nothing to do with the failed anti-corruption war but everything with 2019 elections,”? the party said.
