FG, APC Plots Court Order to Overthrow Saraki, Ekweremadu- PDP alleges

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives
Congress (APC) and Federal Government of shopping for a fraudulent 
interim court order to declare vacant, the seat of the President of the 
Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, following his defection from the APC to the 
PDP.

The PDP alerts that credible information at its disposal showed that 
some cabals in the Presidency and APC had perfected a plan to institute 
a lawsuit to challenge the validity of Saraki’s seat with the sole aim 
of securing a fraudulent injunction to force him out of office pending 
the determination of the substantive suit.

Further intelligence available to us shows that once they are able to 
secure the injunction from a particular compromised judicial officer, 
they intend to arraign and detain the Deputy Senate President, Senator 
Ike Ekweremadu, on trumped up charges and ensure he is not granted bail 
so as to keep him out of circulation while their men would move in to 
effect an illegal leadership change in the Senate.

While we trust that the Chief Justice of Nigeria will protect the 
sanctity of our judiciary especially at this trying time in our national 
history, we call on the institution of the judiciary at all levels to 
immune itself from being used by enemies of our democracy as no house 
falls leaving its roof standing.

This desperation by despotic forces to forcefully and illegally take 
control of the Senate, the highest symbol of our Democratic Order, is 
nothing short of “civilianised coup” which must be resisted by all.

The judiciary must therefore ensure that it is not intimidated or 
ensnared to be party to a desperate bid to destabilize our nation.

The PDP holds that this newest devilish plot to destabilise our 
democracy lays credence to our earlier stand that President Buhari’s 
supposed London vacation is a ploy to absolve himself of responsibility 
for the political terror they have plotted to unleash on the opposition, 
especially the National Assembly.

Although they denied it as usual, Nigerians can bear witness to the fact 
that there is nothing the APC government denied that they did not 
eventually execute.

Indeed, there has never been any impunity they executed that they did 
not deny.

The recent rascally attempt to hold Saraki and Ekweremadu hostage in 
their homes on 24th July 2018 as well as the terrorisation of the Benue 
State House of Assembly after Governor Samuel Ortom’s defection bear sad 
testimony to this fact.

We, therefore, call on Nigerians and the international community to be 
on the alert as the conspirators plan to commence the execution of this 
evil plot from Tuesday next week.

Finally, the PDP cautions the APC and others in this evil ring to note 
that they are now running on a collision course with Nigerians as the 
citizens will definitely not fold their hands and watch them destroy our 
hard earned democracy and foist a fascism on our dear nation.