My detention was more of politics by the APC - Senator Abaribe claims
- Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe says his detention is more of bitter politics being played in the country
- Abaribe claims the National Assembly is currently under siege
- He warns INEC to ensure its actions further unify Nigerians after the 2019 elections
Days after his release, the senator representing Abia south, Enyinnaya Abaribe, claimed his arrest and detention by the Department of State Services (DSS) was part of politics by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Nation reports that Senator Abaribe spoke at the national secretariat of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday, June 28, claiming further that the entire National Assembly was under siege.
He also said the 2019 election would decide a pathway for Nigeria but warned that the actions and inactions of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will have effect on whether Nigeria will continue to exist after the elections.
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“All that they are doing now is nothing but intimidation and trying to make sure those strong voices and voices that are saying that enough is enough, they will like to silence.
“The National Assembly, of which I am a very proud member, is now besieged. Yesterday it was the Senate president sponsoring armed robbers, the other day, it was Dino Melaye sponsoring some gun runners, the other day it was Shehu Sani sponsoring murderers.
“Today, my own is sponsoring terrorism. And so everybody should get ready. They will find something that they will hang on your head.
“Where we are today in Nigeria, I can only make one recommendation to Nigerians. And that recommendation is: get your PVCs ready because we have to vote out this government.
“There is no other way we can do it because as you can see, this government is descending into tyranny.
“And when I was arrested and I was taken to my house for it to be searched, in the warrant of arrest for the search of my house, what they said was that I was a sponsor of terrorism.
“And I wanted to know subsequently how I would sponsor terrorism and they put there in bracket that I was aiding and sponsoring a proscribed organisation ‘IPOB’.
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“And so, everybody in Nigeria knows that I signed the bail bond for Nnamdi Kanu of IPOB. And if signing the bail bond means that I am now a sponsor of IPOB, what it means also is that every Nigerian should be ready.
“And so, I believe that when people are challenged and confronted historically at defining moments for the nation like we have today, they will rise up to expectation,” he said.
Legit.ng earlier reported that Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe was freed by the Department of State Services (DSS), four days after he was arrested.
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Source: Legit.ng
