Press Statement
Loading ...…Insists No Going Back on Presidential Election Tribunal
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands the immediate and
unconditional release of the Deputy Director General (Admin) of its
Presidential Campaign Organization, Barr. Tanimu Turaki SAN, who was
arrest today by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for
no just cause.
The party says Tanimu Turaki’s arrest and detention is part of the grand
plot by the Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to
use state apparatus of power to intimidate PDP leaders and scuttle PDP’s
determination to reclaim our February 23, 2019 Presidential election
victory 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.
Signed:
Kola Ologbondiyan
National Publicity Secretary
And
Director, Media & Publicity
PDP Presidential Campaign Organization
