The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, on the 30th of April wrote a letter to the United Nations warning about the danger Buhari’s Presidency poses to Nigerians.
The letter which was addressed to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the PDP National Chairman claimed that Buhari in a bid to hold on to power has tried to throttle the opposition. He also claimed that Buhari has resorted to intimidation and persecution of PDP stalwarts to stop them from opposing him.
The letter read in part; “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,”
He accused President Buhari through various agencies of government as well as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies of working diligently to destroy Nigeria’s democracy.
“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. The PDP National Chairman, alleged that opposition leaders have been labeled corrupt by the President while corrupt officials of the ruling party were provided a blanket shield and rewarded with juicy ministerial portfolios.
“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.
He claimed that despite the spate of killings in the Northern part of the land, no arrests had been made and that the perpetrators are moving freely.