Former
Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
Comrade Timi Frank, has said that the current administration of President
Muhammadu Buhari is intolerant to any forms of criticism, adding that such act
signal the return of dictatorship.
Frank,
who was reacting to the remand of the popular Human Right activist Prince Deji
Adeyanju, said that “if President Muhammadu Buhari is not comfortable with
democratic form of government, he should quit.”
In a
statement signed in Abuja on Sunday, Frank said it is unheard of for the
government to order the re-arrest of Adeyanju, nine years after he was
discharged and acquitted by the Kano state High Court following a lengthy trial
that lasted between 2005 and 2009.
The
former APC spokesman reminded his former party and President Buhari that
nothing last forever.
“President
Buhari will not be there forever and definitely shall reap whatever he sows
today. The Sani Abacha’s case should be a lesson for the military men now
pretending as democrats.
“Nigeria
democracy is under a siege. This tyranical act of APC government will soon end.
Bet me, APC and President Buhari will not survive next year’s election
even if they try to rig it.
“When
has it become an offence to criticise a government, especially a failure like
APC government? Before the 2015, Nigerians freely criticised President Goodluck
Jonathan’s government and it is on record till today that nobody was sent to
prison.
“If
Goodluck Jonathan acted the way of APC, it would have been impossible for
opposition to govern Nigeria. Democracy allows divergent voices but today when
you say anything against Buhari’s dictatorial government, the hammer falls on
you.”
While
calling on Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and other Human Rights activists
to rise up to the occasion, Frank noted that “injustice to one is injustice to
all, if you hailed this evil act today, be rest assured that one day, you might
be in Deji Adeyanju’s shoes.’’
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