Buhari Govt Used Every Means Possible To Incriminate Me – Abaribe

The lawmaker representing Abia south senatorial district, senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, says the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government is fast descending into tyranny.

Speaking during a courtesy visit to the National headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja on Thursday, Abaribe said the federal government deployed every possible means to incriminate him.

The senator described his ordeal in the hands of the Department of State Security, DSS, as dirty politics, saying that “they will find something to hang on your head”.

He further thanked the leadership of the PDP for their support while he was in DSS custody.

Abaribe was arrested by operatives of the DSS in Abuja last Friday for undisclosed reasons.

He was arraigned before Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja on his being a surety for leader of proscribed leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

Abaribe and two others had stood as a surety as part of the bail conditions for Kanu, whose whereabouts has remained unknown.

“This ruling government is fast descending into tyranny knowing that it has disappointed the nation,” the Abia lawmaker said.

“I came to thank the National Working Committee, NWC, of my party and particularly the National chairman, Prince Uche Secondus for their great show of support while I was undergoing my ordeal of dirty politics in the hands of the operatives of the Department of State service, DSS.

“Everybody knew I only signed a bail bond. But I was accused of sponsoring terrorism. It means Nigerians should be ready and careful because every little thing you do, they will incriminate you. They will find something to hang on your head.”

When quizzed on the credibility of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the 2019 general elections, he said, “INEC is on the brink of history, what it will do or not will be a defining moment for the nation.

“I will urge the voters to get their permanent voters Card to vote out the APC come 2019.”