PDP raises alarm over Oshiomhole/Gambari leaked video
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised alarm over trending video showing the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole and the Chief of Staff to Mr President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, at the Presidential Villa discussion the arrests of certain individuals, ahead of the September 19 governorship election.
The party, has, however, charged President Muhammadu Buhari to question Gambari and Oshiomhole over the development.
Addressing newsmen at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, the spokesman of PDP and Secretary, National Campaign Council on Edo Governorship Election, Kola Ologbondiyan, drew the attention of Presidency to the video, adding that the fact that the discussion held within the precincts of the Presidential Villa, have made the Presidency complicit and place a huge burden on President Buhari.
“Nigerians were alarmed by the video in which Oshiomhole was seen emphatically urging the Chief of Staff to Mr. President on the need to clampdown on certain unnamed Nigerians to achieve political suppression and submission ahead of the Edo election.
“Our National Campaign holds that the presence and involvement of the Chief of Staff to the President and the fact that the discussion held within the precincts of the Presidential Villa, have made the Presidency complicit and place a huge burden on President Muhammadu Buhari.
“Already, there is anxiety in the public space that the discussion between Oshiomhole and Prof. Gambari as captured in the video is an extension of discussions that must have held behind closed doors in the Presidential villa.
“The video has validated earlier revelations of plots by Oshiomhole and the discredited APC governorship candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, to use compromised security operatives being mobilized by certain individuals in the Presidency, to arrest innocent Nigerians, including traditional, faith-based and community leaders on trumped up charges, ahead of the Edo election,” the party said.
The PDP further stated that the leaked video has “confirms our stance that Adams Oshiomhole and the APC candidate have completely lost ground in Edo state, hence the plot to clamp down on the people.”
The party said that from the leaked video, Nigerians and Edo people now know those to hold responsible if anything goes wrong in the election, adding, “Nigerians and the people of Edo state now know those to hold responsible should there be cases of illegal arrests, assassinations and unexplained killings, sudden disappearances of prominent people, accidental discharge by federal security operatives and mysterious accidents in the course of this Edo governorship election.
“The PDP National Campaign Council on Edo governorship election charges President Buhari to reassure Nigerians by immediately ordering that Adams Oshiomhole and Prof. Gambari be pulled in for questioning over the video.
“Anything short of a decisive action on this matter will further indict the Buhari Presidency especially coming on the heels of public anxiety over Mr. President’s widely condemned comment on the use of security forces for elections.
