APC Leadership Slams PDP Over Assassination Attempt On Ekweremadu

 

  Senator Ike Ekweremadu

In reaction to the allegation by the Peoples Democratic Party that the All Progressives Congress had plotted the recent assassination attempt on the deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, Comrade Timi Frank, the ruling party acting spokesman, has said the allegation was part of the party’s induced hallucination.

The PDP said that the ruling party was also planning assassination on other leaders of the opposition party across the country.

In a statement on Thursday, November 19, in Abuja, Frank advised the PDP to purge itself of what he called the party’s cheap and manipulative strategies that led to its poor performance in the last 16 years, The Nation reports.

The acting spokesman said: “It is unfortunate that the PDP is yet to purge itself of its cheap and manipulative strategies that only helped escort it to the doldrums that it is in today.”

Frank said it was bemusing and canny of the PDP to adopt such cheap and strange propaganda in its attempt to taint the change mantra the APC has sworn to betroth to the nation.

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He said: “The PDP is adopting its past known strategy of cheap political gains, knowing well that the ruling party is known for its adherence to the rule of law and respect for sanctity of life.

“The past 16 years of PDP’s rule saw a minister, Chief Bola Ige, politicians like Harry Marshall and Funso Williams assassinated with no attempt to unravel the mysteries surrounding their death.

“It would, therefore, be unfortunate for the PDP to elevate this strategic act it had perfected over the years to a political art or a propaganda tool.

“Nigerians all over the world know that President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC are more concerned with cleaning the mess the PDP-led government bequeathed to the government than in chasing after lousy and cheap propaganda of a misplaced party that is pretending to be chasing self-restitution.”

The acting chairman admonished all Nigerians to disregard the PDP’s latest propaganda.

Further in the statement, Frank said that it was funny that an alleged assassination attempt would be carried out on a high ranking officer of government without any security report, with the police vehemently denying the existence of such even when the Department of State Service (DSS) and the police formed part of the Ekweremadu’s security detail.

He said: “The security challenges of the time, bequeathed to us by the PDP who would rather embezzle funds meant for protection of lives and properties necessitate that President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC to get more concerned on how to bring the situation to a stop as manifested by the December deadline issued by Mr President than delving into cheap political propaganda and machinations only peculiar and orchestrated by the PDP. Governance is a serious businesses and this APC is committed to showing.”

Meanwhile, the Kaduna state chapter of the PDP was on Wednesday, November 18, thrown into a state of mourning following the assassination of one of its youth leaders, Saidu Abdullahi.