Former governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi has raised the alarm over alleged plot to clampdown on opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on the order of governor Nasir El-Rufai.
He said plans are afoot to arrest and detain 80 members of PDP before the State and House of Assembly elections.
The target of the Nasir El-Rufai led government is to stop them from participating in the forthcoming governorship and State House of Assembly elections especially after the arrest of three top PDP members in the State by security operatives over alleged inciting statements.
Makarfi who is also the former Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of PDP was reacting to the arrest of the Director of Media and Publicity, Kaduna state PDP Campaign Council, Saidu Adamu, and two other PDP officials.
According to him, he has obtained the list of PDP members who have been penciled down for arrest before the rescheduled elections.
“Our attention has been drawn to a list of our field officers, drawn up by the government to be arrested and detained until after the elections. This has grievous implications.
“Those penciled down for arrest were drawn from Kudan, Sanga, Igabi, Lere,, Kachia, Jaba and Kaduna North Local Government Areas of the state which are believed to be PDP strongholds.
“Honourable Adamu is still in detention and we do not know the alleged offenses he is being detained for and he has also not been charged to court, it is a very sad development.”
A former Commissioner of Information in the State and two other PDP officials were arrested at Kabala Costain Ward and detained by Security operatives, for allegedly making comments on the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the APC government.
