SAN FRANCISCO, January 03, (THEWILL) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the demolition of a property belonging to the father of a former Senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki, by the Kwara State Government describing the invasion and demolition as wicked, cowardly and a direct recipe for crisis in the state.
Associates of the late Senate Leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki, alleged that gunshots and tear gas were fired at women and youths when agents of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, led by one of his aides carried out the overnight demolition of structures on Plots 1, 3 and 5, otherwise known as Ile Arugbo (Old People’s Home).
A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, said it was clear that the action of the state government was borne out of hatred and political intolerance in furtherance of the larger plot by the APC and its administration to intimidate, suppress, hound, crush and silence the opposition and dissenting voices in the country, in the bid to foist a siege mentality on the citizenry.
PDP dismissed the reasons given by the state government as dastardly, baseless, false and incongruous, stressing that the reasons failed to add up to justify the invasion, harassment of citizens and demolition of the said property.
“Nigerians know how the APC and its government have been hounding, harassing and dragging Senator Saraki around over trumped-up charges, for daring to be among compatriots at the forefront of the quest to rescue our nation from misrule and strangleholds of the APC and its cabal.
“The APC and Kwara State Government should perish their idea of trying to use false claims and propaganda to justify their wicked act and take over the property, as such cannot hoodwink Nigerians from the truth,” the party stated.
PDP added that the timing of the invasion and demolition, in the wee hours and under the cover of darkness, was a direct indication that the state government was carrying out an unwholesome and condemnable operation.
The main opposition party said it was also instructive that in the years the PDP governed Kwara State, there was no case of government demolishing the property of opposition members or supporters under any guise whatsoever.
“Our party therefore stands with Senator Saraki and cautions the Kwara State Government to henceforth steer clear of the property,” PDP said.
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