The deputy national secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasir El-Rufai, has said State Security Services (SSS) operatives are after him because he sued them for unlawful detention in Awka, during last November’s Anambra State governorship election.
According to El-Rufai his sin was that he asked for a free and fair election and that his persecution was all about 2015 elections He said there nothing wrong or new with his comment that there would be be violence if the 2015 elections are rigged because the nation’s history is replete with post-election violence, adding that the Federal Government planned to silence whoever opposes the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) plans to rig next year.
He said, "I said the election should be free and fair. If they are not free and fair, there is likely going to be violence. These are certain facts; at least four times in history – in 1964, 1983, 1993 and 2011. So, what is strange about that? Any person who doesn’t know these does not know history or he is just ignoring history.
"This is all about 2015. This is just to intimidate and silence the opposition against crying out that the elections are likely to be rigged by the PDP. I will continue to speak and they can continue to arrest me until we get free and fair elections in Nigeria."
Talikng about his invitation being an embarrassment, El-Rufai said "embarrassment is part of life," noting that whoever contravenes the law must face the consequences.
Source: The Nation
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