The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has
said it will no longer tolerate the continued use of state apparatus of
power by the APC-led Federal Government to harass its elected officials
across the country.
The opposition party decried last
Friday’s invasion of Akwa-Ibom State Government House, Uyo, by the
Department of State Services (DSS).
This, it maintained, is in violation of the constitutional immunity of the government house.
Olisa Metuh, PDP National Publicity
Secretary, in a statement on Sunday, cautioned that the invasion and
other flagrant abuse of power by the APC-led Federal Government were
clear recipes for constitutional crisis, civil unrest and avoidable
anarchy in the land.
He therefore called on Nigerians and the international community to take note of the incidents.
The party claimed that its
investigations had shown that the DSS acted on orders from the
Presidency, saying this was “a desperate bid to destabilise and
forcefully take over Akwa-Ibom and other PDP states.
“If such terror can be unleashed on a
state government, one can only imagine the fate of regular citizens in
the hands of this administration that has continued to show unparalleled
disdain for constitutional order, with heinous penchant for
oppression.”
The party recalled similar action by the
police in July, where they sealed local councils in Rivers State and
barred caretaker committees lawfully appointed by the state government
from taking charge of the councils.
By OWEDE AGBAJILEKE,
Abuja
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