The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Presidency were plotting to cause mayhem in Akwa Ibom and other PDP controlled states in order to ‘forcefully’ take over those states in the 2019 general elections.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, told newsmen on Wednesday at a press conference in Abuja, that the party would resist such attempt using all the necessary democratic means.
“Part of the plot is the forceful attempt to take over control of the Akwa-Ibom state legislature, for which the Presidency and the APC have been sponsoring the invasion of the House of Assembly complex and seeking ways to violently oust the duly elected leadership of the state assembly.
“The PDP wants the Buhari Presidency and the APC to bear in mind that their plot to forcefully take over Akwa-Ibom or any other PDP-controlled state will be firmly resisted by the people of those states and such may lead to a crisis of unprecedented magnitude that has the capacity of truncating our hard-earned democracy.
“This is because the people of Akwa-Ibom state will never allow anybody, no matter how highly placed, to overrun their state or in any way attempt to foist an undemocratic leadership over them and no amount of intimidation or force will make them change this resolve.
“The PDP therefore charges President Buhari and the APC to be ready to take full responsibility for any breakdown of law and order as direct consequences of the people’s resistance to their plot to forcefully take over control of Akwa-Ibom or any of the PDP-controlled states,” the party said.
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