The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Deputy Director
General (Administration) of the party’s Presidential Campaign
Organisation, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki.
The party also demanded his unconditional release.
Turaki is a former Minister of Special Duties and one of the
presidential aspirants on the platform of the PDP who lost his bid
to Atiku at the PDP convention held in Port Harcourt in the build
up to the February 23 presidential election.
The Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential
Campaign Organisation, Kola Ologbondiyan in a statement on Monday
night said Turaki was invited, arrested and detained today by the
EFCC “for no just cause.”
The party said the ex-minister’s arrest and detention was part
of the alleged grand plot by the Buhari Presidency and the All
Progressives Congress (APC) to use state apparatus of power to
intimidate PDP leaders and scuttle the party’s determination to
reclaim its “stolen mandate” in court.
“Since the people’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar and the PDP
expressed our unwavering determination to reclaim our victory at
the tribunal, being armed with overwhelming evidence, our leaders
have been subjected to escalated harassments, constant threats,
blackmails, cajoling and contrivances by the APC to drop our legal
option.
“It is instructive to state that Tanimu Turaki was arrested and
detained upon invitation by the EFCC to endorse a bail document for
the Finance Director of Atiku Abubakar’s company, Babalele
Abdullahi, who was arrested earlier by the commission over flimsy
allegations.
“The PDP, however, states in clear terms that the APC and the
Buhari Presidency are fighting a lost battle as no amount of
harassment and threats will ever make the party to buckle in its
determination to take back the mandate, in line with the wishes and
aspirations of Nigerians.
“Nigerians are resolute on this struggle to reclaim the mandate
freely given to Atiku Abubakar at the polls and the PDP will pursue
this decision to its logical end and secure justice for the
Nigerian people,” the party said.
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