National leader of the opposition, African Democratic Congress, ADC and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has alleged of subterranean moves to stop the party from holding convention in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
Atiku also carpeted the plot to stop the said convention as a brazen abuse of power by officials of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC.
Atiku revealed this in a statement shared Tuesday, on his official page.
In the statement, he clearly said the alleged move involves efforts to revoke the license of Rainbow Event Centre, the venue scheduled to host the ADC convention.
He added that the opposition party had fulfilled all necessary requirements for the event, insisting that there was no legal basis to deny it access to the facility.
In his words, “The ADC has paid every fee. The ADC has signed every contract. The ADC has broken no law”.
Further, he characterized the moves as an attempt to stifle opposition activities, reprimanding that such actions could undermine democratic principles.
“This is how democracies are strangled in a thousand petty, vindictive acts against opposition parties”.
But despite the looming odds, Atiku insisted that the convention would still hold as planned.
