Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cried out against alleged threat to the life of deputy president of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu.
Briefing newsmen at the party national secretariat yesterday on the topic: “We are under attack”, the PDP spokesman, Olisa Metuh, said that there was indeed a clear and present danger of threat to the lives of key opposition leaders in Nigeria.
“In the last few weeks, key PDP members have become an endangered group for playing their opposition role in providing constructive criticisms to the ruling party in their apparent lack of capacity to get organised and form a government; their interference in the activities of the National Assembly and the demand for the implementation of their campaign promises to Nigerians.
“As we address you today, some key leaders of our party have been under threat since the emergence of the leadership of the National Assembly which did not go the way of the leadership of the APC, particularly, the election of PDP’s Senator Ike Ekweremadu as deputy Senate President.
“The leadership of the PDP has been made aware of various threats to life and other forms of intimidation and blackmail against Senator Ekweremadu from the APC.
“As you may know, the APC leaders have not hidden their bitterness and resentment towards Senator Ekweremadu whose offence is the privilege of being elected by his colleagues (APC and PDP senators alike) as Deputy Senate President in line with the Standing Rules of the Senate and the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” he said.
Metuh also noted that key members of APC had gone to the extent of using security, judges and officials of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cook up allegations to remove Ekweremadu from his position.
He said: “Apparently to ensure that the agenda is given an official stamp, the Inspector General of Police, acting on instructions has invited the Deputy Senate President with a view to arresting him over phantom charges as a build up to incarcerate him, create a vacuum in the Senate and pave way for the imposition of APC preferred senator to take over his position.
