Peter Obi: Prove You Can Win Without Persecuting Opposition, Shehu Sani Tells APC

Senator Shehu Sani has challenged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to prove that it can win next year’s election without persecuting the opposition.

Sani in a tweet on Sunday was reacting to the alleged freezing of accounts belonging to Mr. Peter Obi, vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his family members as well as associates.

“In times like this, it’s impossible to divorce the freezing of the account of Peter Obi from partisanship. This act is inimical to the image of the Government and that of the country. The ruling establishment should demonstrate that they can win without persecuting the opposition,” the senator representing Kaduna central tweeted.

Sani, formerly of the APC before joining the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) is a known critic of the administration of President Buhari and Governor Nasir el-Rufa’I of Kaduna state.

The PDP had berated the President Buhari over the alleged freezing of the bank accounts of Obi by anti-corruption agencies in the country.

The main opposition party made had in a statement on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, raised the alarm.

However, the two leading anti-corruption agencies in the country – the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) – denied involvement in the alleged freezing of Mr Obi’s accounts and those of his family members.