Secondus talks tough over Buhari’s order to military, Police to oppress voters

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has said President Buhari in his alleged desperation to cling on to power has given marching orders to the military and the police to help leaders of the APC to oppress voters.

He said the President’s remarks amounted to what he called a declaration of war on the Nigerian voters and a direct incitement against them.

Secondus in a statement in Abuja on Monday said, “The President’s confirmation that he has directed the service chiefs to kill Nigerians is nothing but a pre - determined script hatched by the ruling party to create voter apathy and implement their result replacement plans using thugs protected by the military.”

He expressed shock that a Commander -in- Chief who, he claimed, had been out of action in numerous security challenges in the country particularly “needless killings in Benue, Plateau, Zamfara etc and whose regime has recorded unprecedented bloodletting in the country would suddenly wake up threatening voters with fire and brimstone.”

He added, “In all democracies the world over, elections are civil matters that are usually handled by civil security like police and wondered why the involvement of our military in this matter when they have enough security challenges to tackle.”