The party also alleged that there is a plot to poison Metuh in detention
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
has called on Nigerians and the International community to stand up and
fight what it called the anti-democratic tendencies of the Buhari administration.
The party said this in a statement released by its National Secretary, Prof. Adewale Oladipo.
According to Vanguard Newspapers, Oladipo said “We
are also calling on the international community and well-meaning
Nigerians to stand up for this democracy, which our party nurtured for
16 years and deepened to a level where the opposition, for the first
time in our political history, had the opportunity to win in a general
election.”
Adding that “This onslaught
against our spokesman, according to intelligence available to us is part
of a larger script by the government to ensure that PDP wings are
finally clipped in their mission to install a dictatorial one-party
state in the country.
“The excesses of
security agencies under this government, especially the Directorate of
Security Services (DSS) and the EFCC, in abridging the human rights of
PDP members have become worrisome and a threat to our democratic
evolution.”
The party also alleged that there is a plot to poison Metuh in detention.
The
spokesman for the EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed to newsmen in
Abuja on Tuesday, January 5, 2016, that Metuh is being investigated over
the N1.4 billion traced to the account of a company, Destra Investment
Limited, linked to him in the arms contract scam.
Uwujaren, also said he was not aware of Metuh’s arrest.
During an investigation into the arms purchase scandal involving the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, the
EFCC reportedly traced N1.4billion to the account of a company linked
to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) spokesman, Olisa Metuh.
The PDP Publicity Secretary was reportedly arrested on Tuesday, January 5, 2016, in his home at Prince and Princess Estate in Abuja
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