{"id":21792,"date":"2020-06-19T08:31:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T08:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=21792"},"modified":"2020-06-19T08:31:44","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T08:31:44","slug":"arrest-of-protesters-in-katsina-pdp-accuses-apc-of-hobnobbing-with-bandits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=21792","title":{"rendered":"ARREST OF PROTESTERS IN KATSINA: PDP accuses APC of hobnobbing with bandits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Kola-Ologbondiyan.jpg\" alt=\"ZAMFARA: Supreme Court has saved Nigeria from constitutional crisis - PDP\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/PDP\">Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)<\/a>&nbsp;has questioned the arrest of organizers of a peaceful protest against unchecked mass killings by bandits and insurgents in Katsina State, and other parts of the country, particularly in the north<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The party described as absurd, the arrest of the protesters by the APC government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It frowned that the APC-led government would arrest, harass and detain victims of the bandits but chose to negotiate, hobnob with and even pay money to the assailants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The party stated this in a statement by its publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis arrest further raises demands for the APC and its governors particularly, those who openly confessed to have had contacts, negotiations and financial dealing with the bandits, to come clean on their alleged links with insurgents and marauders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSuch actions by the APC administration, in addition to utterances of its leaders, have continued to dishearten Nigerians while emboldening bandits and insurgents to continue to pillage our communities, hold towns to ransom and visit all manner of violence on vulnerable Nigerians in various parts of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*The PDP recalls utterances by certain APC leaders, including asking victims of attacks not to revenge even in the face of poor security presence in affected communities as well as admission by government that the marauders were mercenaries from the Sahel region and armed deserters from late Muammah Gadaffi\u2019s Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe PDP reminds Nigerians that the APC and its leaders are yet to explain the whereabouts of the thugs they imported as political mercenaries from neighboring countries, particularly Chad and Niger Republic to support the party\u2019s bid during the build-up to the 2019 general elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFurthermore, the APC and its leaders are yet to answer how marauders who were already pushed to the fringes by the PDP administration, resurged under their watch,\u201d the statement read in part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)&nbsp;has questioned the arrest of organizers of a peaceful protest against unchecked mass killings by bandits and insurgents in Katsina State, and other parts of the country, particularly in the north The party described as absurd, the arrest of the protesters by the APC government. 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