The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the arrest of its Deputy National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commissioner of the All (EFCC) saying its deliberate attempt prelude of a planned clampdown on its leaders by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government.
Secondus was arrested in the early hours of yesterday and is still in the custody of the anti-graft agency.
He is now the latest leaders of the party to be arrested in recent time for corruption related cases.
The opposition party, PDP, described the arrests as oppressive and unfair treatment against the party by the Federal Government.
This is contained in a statement by its National Legal Adviser, Victor Kwon on Wednesday.
The statement noted that the Deputy National Chairman’s arrest was part of the grand script by the APC-led Federal Government to decimate the opposition.
“We are also aware that plans have been perfected by the Federal Government to arrest and detain the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio and other leaders of the party on imaginary charges.
“Indeed, intelligence available to the party shows that the Federal Government, using its various agencies, is bent on destroying any opposition to the ruling party as all indications show that the government is more interested in humiliating the PDP than fighting corruption,” the statement added.