PDP Reacts to Buhari\u2019s Travel Ban<\/p>\n
Zainab Tanimu<\/p>\n
Kaduna, North-West NIGERIA<\/p>\n
The People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the move by President Muhammadu Buhari to totally execute the Executive Order 6.<\/p>\n
It has rejected in its entirety, attempts by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Presidency to foist a full-blown fascism on our country, beginning with the placement of illegal travel restrictions on Nigerians.<\/p>\n
This was expressed in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary,\u00a0Kola Ologbondiyan, made available on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The party said this draconian step is clearly targeted at members of the opposition parties, perceived political enemies of President Muhammadu Buhari, well-meaning Nigerians, including members of the business community, religious leaders, former political leaders and traditional rulers, who are perceived to be averse to President Buhari\u2019s re-election bid.<\/p>\n
The PDP further noted that this \u201cdecree\u201d is a direct clampdown on our democratic order and an overthrow of rights of our citizenry as guaranteed by the 1999 Constitution (as amended).<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope this is not a ploy to harm certain eminent Nigerians on the claims of resisting travel restrictions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe whole world can now see how fascism is fast taking over our democracy and judicial system and how the Buhari administration, by fiat, has directly ordered that citizens be secretly trailed, their movements and financial transactions restricted by government agencies, without recourse to due process of the law,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile the PDP noted that the Buhari Presidency has gone into panic mode since the popular emergence of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as PDP Presidential candidate and the spontaneous jubilation his emergence has evoked across the country, the party maintained that the resort to total clamp down on the opposition and their supporters will be totally unacceptable.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat this means is that all Nigerians, particularly, opposition members, members of the business community and religious leaders, have become endangered and stand the risk of state violence under the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration,\u201d it alleged.<\/p>\n
The PDP therefore alerted the international community to hold the Buhari Presidency responsible should any harm befall any opposition leader, key members of the business community and religious leaders across the country as the country marches towards the 2019 general elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cFinally, the repositioned PDP invites all to note how the APC and the Buhari Presidency are pushing our nation to the brinks but restates that no amount of intimidation, harassment and foisting of fascism will deter Nigerians from their determination to rally on the platform of the PDP to oust the incompetent, anti-people and repressive APC administration, come 2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis nightmare must end on May 29, 2019!\u201d<\/p>\n
SOURCE:NewNigerianNewsPapers<\/p>\n
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