The Senator
representing Abia South Senatorial district, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has said that
the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is doing the same things it accused
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of doing, and even worse.
Abaribe
stated this on Saturday during a reception held in his honour in Aba, Abia
state.
“The same
thing that the APC accused PDP of doing, they are doing more and worse, the PDP
Government was paying around N800 billion in subsidy when the fuel pump price
per liter was N85, now the fuel pump price per liter is N145 yet APC is paying
N1.4 trillion, so they should tell us how.
“There is no
need calling it a name, under-recovery, what is wrong is wrong, even the change
of name does not change it,” he said.
Abaribe’s
comments came days after he was arrested and eventually released from the
Department of State Services (DSS) custody.
He has now
stated that he was incarcerated for doing nothing.
“The reason
that was given when they came to search my residence is that I was accused of
being a sponsor of the proscribed organization called IPOB.
“Those who
accused me have done their search and since then, I have not heard anything
from them, which means that certainly have not been able to find a reason for
the arrest and detention,” he said.
Abaribe
further accused the APC of attempting to arrest all those in the opposition.
“My party,
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the Ekiti State Rally sounded it loud
and clear, that what the APC government wants to do is to take everybody out of
circulation by arresting all of us.
“Of course,
it is very sad for Nigeria, because PDP has been here for 16 years and all
manner of people criticized the party and they were not arrested, so APC
government should learn from us on how to manage criticism.
“People are
being killed everywhere in Nigeria, and somebody is telling us that we should
not blame him. They started by saying that it was the Libyans and then they
turned around and said it was because of the laws that were passed.
“When we
pointed out to them that the people were being killed in areas where there were
no laws passed, they turned around and said, please try to live with your
neighbours.
“When we
said no, and questioned who are our neighbors were, they said, oh no, what you have
to do is to pray. We have also prayed, and I prayed over there where they kept
me, and I said “Oh God, our help in ages past” who has always helped us at
every perilous moment like this, Our God will also save Nigeria, and we cannot
have the APC Government continue.
“Let them
wait for us, we are coming. Their arrest and detention will not make us stop
saying the truth. I am a patriot, a patriotic Nigeria, and I will stand by this
country,” the Senator added.
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