APC, FG Want To Destroy PDP - Dokpesi

The founding Chairman of Daar Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi has described the ongoing $2.1b arms deals probe as a hoax designed to destroy the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Dokpesi who was honored with a certificate in his office in Abuja on Wednesday as the patron of the PDP Youth Vanguard told newsmen that the $2.1b armsgate being investigated by the EFCC is the figment of the imagination of the federal government intended to destroy the PDP.

His words :
“I must hasten to assure you that there is nothing like the much flaunted $2.1 billion arms gate. The competent courts of our land would sooner or later prove this coinage aimed at decimating the leadership and membership of our great party to be nothing but a hoax.

“Some of us are reminded of the events of 1984/85 which by any stretch of comparison are similar to the unfolding events of today. As I have said not too long ago, we must stand resolutely united especially in the face of this momentary political adversity. For one thing, I say again that the PDP is not dead, is not dying and will not die.

“I wish to emphasise that the current ruling party is making efforts to impede our journey to political maturity through the manipulation of the federal system to serve purely partisan interest.

“Our party is indeed experiencing a massive persecution, political reprisal and vendetta, of the kind never before seen on our shores and targeted at the leadership, membership and indeed sympathizers of the PDP by the APC government of the day.

“As you all know, so much political water has passed under the bridge since the general elections of April 2015. So much has been said about our members, many of whom have been publicly vilified even without being heard. I assure you that we will not be weakened or demoralised in playing our role as the important opposition voice which is a very critical ingredient in any democratic state.

“We may be harassed, we may even be bent, but we are resolute and will not be broken. Even as I speak, the relentless pursuit of our members across the country is being intensified and I can say with some measure of certainty that a lot more lie in stock for the PDP and its members.”

The Coordinator of the PDP Youth Vanguard, Ibrahim Bala Aboki, had condemned what he described as selective persecution targeted against PDP members.