APC’s assault on democracy will fail says ADC campaign
- ✦These are calculated “atrocious actions skewed to scare Nigerians ahead of the general elections.” In a statement by its Director of Media and Publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan, the ADC-PCC recalled a series of incidents, including “attacks on its leaders and members in Kaduna, the reported assault on its Sokoto State governorship candidate, Alhaji Munir Dan Iya, by operatives of the Sokoto Marshals along Airport Road, Sokoto, and alleged attacks on other opposition figures.” ADC also cited the reported demolition of its governorship campaign office in Kebbi State and the alleged denial of a campaign venue in Enugu State to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi.
- The African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council (ADC-PCC) has condemned what it described as a “sustained, coordinated and state-sponsored assault on democracy, freedom of association and the constitutional right of Nigerians to political participation under the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.” The Council said the unfolding incidents across the country went beyond ordinary political rivalry, alleging that they represented a disturbing pattern of intimidation, harassment and suppression of opposition voices.
- The Council further referenced the reported attacks on the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, and other opposition voices, describing the incidents as part of what it called an “emerging pattern of political intolerance.” According to the ADC-PCC, the alleged attacks, denial of campaign venues, arrests, harassment and intimidation of opposition figures raise serious concerns about the state of democratic freedoms and political pluralism in Nigeria.
- These are calculated “atrocious actions skewed to scare Nigerians ahead of the general elections.” In a statement by its Director of Media and Publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan, the ADC-PCC recalled a series of incidents, including “attacks on its leaders and members in Kaduna, the reported assault on its Sokoto State governorship candidate, Alhaji Munir Dan Iya, by operatives of the Sokoto Marshals along Airport Road, Sokoto, and alleged attacks on other opposition figures.” ADC also cited the reported demolition of its governorship campaign office in Kebbi State and the alleged denial of a campaign venue in Enugu State to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi.
The African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council (ADC-PCC) has condemned what it described as a “sustained, coordinated and state-sponsored...
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The African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council (ADC-PCC) has condemned what it described as a “sustained, coordinated and state-sponsored assault on democracy, freedom of association and the constitutional right of Nigerians to political participation under the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.” The Council said the unfolding incidents across the country went beyond ordinary political rivalry, alleging that they represented a disturbing pattern of intimidation, harassment and suppression of opposition voices.
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The Council further referenced the reported attacks on the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, and other opposition voices, describing the incidents as part of what it called an “emerging pattern of political intolerance.” According to the ADC-PCC, the alleged attacks, denial of campaign venues, arrests, harassment and intimidation of opposition figures raise serious concerns about the state of democratic freedoms and political pluralism in Nigeria.
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