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The All Progresives Congress (APC) has said the party’s leadership
and members will not be intimidated by the latest antics of the Jonathan
administration to harass and intimidate the opposition, especially in
the run-up to next month’s general elections.
In a statement in
Lagos, Thursday, by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, the party said the recent military siege on APC National
Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’ residence and the Imo State
Government House and the police harassment of APC’s Presidential
Campaign Spokesman, Garba Shehu fit perfectly into this emerging
pattern.
“As the elections approach, we know the harassment and
intimidation will be stepped up. We know our leaders, including the
National Chairman Chief John Oyegun, National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed
Tinubu, Gov. Rotimi Amaechi, former Gov. Timipre Sylva, Senator Bukola
Saraki and National Publicity Secretary Alhaji Lai Mohammed, are under
surveillance and their phones being hacked.”
“We are aware that several of them, especially the National Publicity
Secretary, have been marked down for arrest in the days to come. We
know there are evil plots to frame some of them on trumped-up charges.
We know our lives are in danger. But these and more will not deter us
from continuing to act in the national interest or from seeking to
effect change through the ballot box.”
“Yes, we are alerting
Nigerians that if anything happens to us they should know where it is
coming from, but for us there is no going back because we are resolute,”
it said.
APC thanked Nigerians for their immense and unwaring
support, especially since the postponement of the elections which was
aimed at dampening the enthusiasm of the citizens, and urged them not to
relent.
...DailyPost
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