The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the United States President, Donald Trump to use the occasion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the US to educate him on the tenets of democracy and prevail on him to practice constitutional democracy in ernest.
Addressing a press conference on Sunday in Abuja, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said Nigeria was gradually sliding into a state of anarchy, citing indiscriminate killings in different parts of the country, detention of key opposition members and general violation of the fundammental human rights of citizens.
"We urge President Donald Trump to stand up for democracy and take President Buhari to task on constitutional and human rights violations in Nigeria under his watch, as already detailed in the report by the US Department of State.
"President Muhammadu Buhari is on his way to the United States, the home of democracy, whereas back home in Nigeria his administration has completely wrecked our democratic order, eroded constitutionally guaranteed rights of citizens while foisting a siege mentality on our people.
"Nigeria is facing a perilous time; our constitution has been technically suspended; we have now become a Police State; governance has reverted to the nightmares of the 1984 era, when draconian leaders held sway and forcefully held our people under the grips of military Decree 2.
"Currently, there is a total collapse of respect for constitutionally guaranteed personal freedom; there is no regard for natural course of justice, life in Nigeria is gradually returning to the state of nature and there is fear everywhere.
"Today, Nigerians are being hounded, arrested and directly detained on ‘order from above’, without warrant; citizens are locked up in dehumanizing detention centres without access to medical care and legal assistance, just for holding political opinions that run contrary to the views of those in power at the centre," the party said.
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