APC Is Persecuting Me – Secondus

Thu, Mar 3, 2016
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BREAKING NEWS, Politics

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UCHE Secondus, deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described his detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, as a glaring case of political persecution.

In a statement issued and signed by him, Secondus narrated how he was invited by the anti-graft commission on Tuesday, February 23. At the EFCC headquarters, the PDP leader said he was confronted with allegations of receiving some cars from Jide Omokore who has been his friend for more than 20 years.

He said he admitted that Omokore had given him car gifts on several occasions in the past 10 years for his personal use.

“I want to state categorically that what I received from my friend, Jide Omokore were cars and buses supplied by a well-known car company, Skymit Motors apparently from a credit facility Omokore has with the company. I don’t have any knowledge of the so-called transaction the investigators are alleging he had with the NNPC.

“Against this background, it is most disheartening that the facts of the matter under investigation have been grossly misrepresented in the media, apparently under inducement by some political opponents in the APC particularly, a minister from Rivers State.

“This is in line with the strategy of the ruling party to hide under the anti-corruption fight to humiliate the leadership of our party,” Secondus said in his statement.

He, however, announced that he had been granted bail under very stringent conditions after eight days in detention.

Nevertheless, the PDP leaders said since the EFCC could not establish any case against him, he found his detention as needless and a clear case of witch-hunt and pure political persecution which, he said had become a stock in trade of the All Progressives Congress, APC, government.

“My immediate concern is the denial of the fundamental human rights, excessive physical incarceration and the orchestrated negative media campaign completely skewed against those being investigated.

“Nevertheless, I hereby restate my confidence in the rule of law and the relevant institutions for the resolution of this matter on its merit in the interest of justice,” Secondus said.

—  Mar 3, 2016 @ 17:55 GMT

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