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| Galadima |
The national chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, in a
statement he personally signed on Sunday, said Galadima was Sunday evening,
arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).
The statement said, “We as a party condemn this arrest in the
strongest possible terms. Buba Galadima is a patriot. His patriotism has been
previously and strongly highlighted by various Nigerians, including President
Muhammadu Buhari.
“What crime has he committed? I answer my own question and say
none. Mr. Galadima is constitutionally guaranteed a right of freedom of speech
and freedom after the speech.
“The nation is currently boiling with the deaths caused by thugs
of the All Progressives Congress. Not one of these thugs has been arrested by
the DSS.
“The nation was embarrassed by drone images of bullion vans
laden with cash driving into the home of the National Leader of the APC and no
action has been taken by the law enforcement authorities. Yet a patriot and
pro-democracy activist is arrested.
“We cannot be hoodwinked by the puppeteering of the DSS by the
APC. It is obviously no coincidence that the APC Presidential Campaign Council
called for the arrest of Mr. Galadima at 12 noon today (Sunday the 24th of
February, 2019) and the arrest was duly effected by the DSS an hour later.
“This arrest is only the latest in a pattern of anti democratic
actions by the Muhammadu Buhari administration.
“Nigeria will not be cowed. We have voted for democracy and as a
nation, we will not be taken back to Egypt by the discredited blame centred
anti democratic forces who have turned a once thriving economy into the world
headquarters for extreme poverty.
“I call for the immediate release of Mr. Buba Galadima by the
Department of State Services, even as I remind the DSS and other security
agencies, that their oath of allegiance was sworn to Nigeria and not to the All
Progressive Congress or President Muhammadu Buhari”.
