Politics
We Are Not Intimidate by “Politically-Motivated Arrests” – Secondus
“Go ahead and arrest and jail all of us” – Secondus tells APC led government
Secondus says PDP is not intimidated by APC’s politically motivated arrests
The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has declared that the party is not intimidated by ‘politically-motivated arrests’ made by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Speaking on Thursday, Secondus stated that the PDP is ready to take over power in 2019.
“We want to reiterate that we won’t be intimidated by incessant arrests and muscling by the ruling government.
“History of Nigeria has shown that everyone who is persecuted and jailed ended up becoming the next president because many of our past leaders have been jailed.
“So, go ahead and arrest and jail all of us. We can’t be intimidated anymore by such arrests.”
The PDP chairman, made the declaration in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, adding that also declared that open primaries will be conducted for every stage of elections especially in Ekiti state.said this during his first official visit while presenting party flags to chairmanship and councillorship candidates of the party, ahead of tomorrow’s local government election in the state.
His host, Governor Ayo Fayose, expressed gratititude to him and his team for making Ekiti state local government election their first public assignment, after their emergence as new party leaders.
