The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus.
Secondus, who has since reverted to his position as Deputy National Chairman after handing over to Senator Ali Modu Sheriff last week, was arrested on Wednesday according to available information.
This was also confirmed by the party in a statement.
He was accused of illegally receiving buses on behalf of the party.
The anti-graft agency has asked him to return the buses.
A statement on Wednesday by the party’s National Legal Adviser, Victor Kwon, said its officers were being treated unfairly, adding: “The party alerts the nation that the arrest and detention of its Deputy National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is part of the grand script by the APC-led Federal Government to decimate the opposition.”
The party said plans had also been concluded to arrest and detain the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu; the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio; and other leaders of the party on imaginary charges.
It added: “Indeed, intelligence available to the party shows that the Federal Government, using its various agencies, is bent on destroying any opposition to the ruling party as all indications show that the government is more interested in humiliating the PDP than fighting corruption.
“Finally, we state that this war on the PDP and its leaders has indeed gone too far. It has now become a mockery of democratic practice.”
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