Chidi Samuel|
The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus on Wednesday accused the federal government of forcing governors on the party’s platform to a deal ahead of the 2019 polls.
According to Secondus, the federal government had entered into an agreement with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the police to cripple PDP states and ensure they lose focus on the 2019 elections.
He noted that Bayelsa state has had eight police commissioners in three years while Akwa Ibom and Ebonyi states had also witnessed random changes in police leadership.
Secondus said, “In most PDP states despite the governors being the statutory chief security officers, police commissioners have set up parallel structures to undermine the security of the states just to satisfy their pay masters.”
“They have resolved to inject crisis in PDP-controlled states and ensure that our governors who are refusing to play ball are permanently distracted for their re elections. They have deployed huge cash in these states to either use labour or state legislators to inject crisis, frighten the governors and force them to do a deal with them.”
The PDP party chair also accused acting chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu of being deeply involved in the reelection campaign of Buhari.
He continued, “Nigerians should ask the EFCC Chairman Ibrahim Magu who is busy campaigning for President Muhammadu Buhari and wearing his campaign badge why only PDP governors are on their radar.”
“Nigerians should ask EFCC why they are looking away on what happened in Kano that everybody watched, if Governor Ibrahim Ganduje had been a PDP would EFCC have kept mum?
“Nigerians should find out why is it that only PDP Finance Commissioners are visitors to EFCC while their APC counterparts where corruption is obvious are glorified.
“Only PDP governors are performing and carrying out people oriented projects across the country as can be witnessed by all but they are the only one being harassed by Magu and his team.
“We are aware on good authority that Magu has vowed to make the re- election of President Buhari his personal project even if Nigerians appear to have turned their back on them.”