Ekweremadu tells Buhari to stop the Police from intimidating PDP members

Ekweremadu tells Buhari to stop the Police from intimidating PDP members

 

 

Ike Ekweremadu, the Deputy Senate President, has asked President Buhari to stop the Police from intimidating members of the opposition party, PDP, particularly as the people of Edo go to the polls this Saturday to elect a new governor. He made this known in a statement signed by his media aide, Uche Anichukwu.

 

The Senator accused the police of arbitrarily arresting and intimidating some PDP members and supporters and as such, urged President Buhari to urgently prevail on the issue so as to ensure a free and fair election that was established by the PDP before they lost to APC during the 2015 general election.

 

His words:

"I am deeply distressed by the development, not just because I am a member of the PDP, but more importantly, because the PDP had taken our electoral process beyond where it is being dragged back to today. The greatest gift of democracy, which makes other blessings of democracy feasible, is the inalienable right of the people to elect their leaders of their own freewill in a free, fair, and credible electoral process that must be devoid of all forms of intimidation. As a beneficiary of the electoral reforms and policy of non-interference in the electoral process, exemplified by the immediate past PDP administration, led by former President Goodluck Jonathan, I expect the APC-led federal government to immediately call the security agencies to order. If the APC-led FG cannot improve on the electoral process, I expect them to, at least, maintain the standard set by the PDP".