The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has claimed that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, intends to use his army to disrupt the upcoming presidential elections.
In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the PDP claimed that the establishment of the security outfit confirmed their suspicions that the ruling party intends to cause chaos in the upcoming election.
The opposition claimed Tinubu had declared war on Nigerians by forming his own security force and outfitting them in uniforms.
The statement reads;
The PDP alerts that the establishment of a dangerous militia code-named ‘Jagaban Army’ by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, further confirms PDP’s position that the APC plans to unleash violence on innocent Nigerians and disrupt the 2023 general elections.
By establishing a militia and draping them with military uniforms, the APC and Asiwaju Tinubu have declared war on Nigerians and openly dared the Nigerian Military apparently with the aim to undermine our national security architecture and sovereignty as a nation.
Ologunagba recalled how the PDP had warned citizens on several occasions about the APC’s plans to destabilize the electoral process.
He bemoaned the fact that Tinubu and the APC are a current threat and should be placed on a watch list.
The Publicity Secretary claimed that the formation of the militia is the first step in a series of plots to take power by any means necessary, in accordance with Tinubu’s directive.
In his directive in the leaked video, Asiwaju charged his followers that “political power is not going to be served in a restaurant, it is not served a la carte. It is what we are doing; It is being determined; you do it at all cost; fight for it, grab it, snatch it and run with
There are already apprehensions in the public space that the APC has been recruiting, training and arming thugs and terrorist elements in secret locations across the country and stockpiling ammunitions for the harassment maiming and killing of Nigerians before, during and after the 2023 general elections. Evidence of their nefarious activities is already manifest in many parts of our country.
The PDP has been made aware of plots by the APC to use the “Jagaban Army” which is designed to operate in fake military outfits similar to that adorned by the APC Youth Leader at a public event recently to pose as soldiers to harass and terrorize innocent Nigerians.
The PDP stalwart subsequently called on President Buhari to take immediate action against the APC flag bearer to endure that he doesn’t derail the democracy of the country.
Our Party also charges the security agencies to take immediate action to invite the Presidential Candidate of the APC for questioning as well as arrest the APC Youth Leader, Dayo Israel and other APC leaders involved in this threat to the existence of our nation, he added.