This development, according to the party, “which elicited widespread public outcry from the members of the public, clearly betrayed an extra-judicial, top political witch-hunt policy of the APC, carefully designed to humiliate, embarrass and portray PDP leaders as common criminals and set the stage to cow and decimate opposition and perceived foes of the government. This was contained in a statement signed by its National Secretary, Professor Adewale Oladipo and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday. The statement read: “The question remains, if not to mortify, dehumanise and break our National Publicity Secretary, who has been very vocal against the APC administration, and of course to send a signal to others critical of the government, what else would have informed the decision to produce him in court in handcuffs, even when his case does not border on security threat? “Is this an attempt to sway the court and ambush the judicial process against our National Publicity Secretary, all because of his stance against observed ineptitude and dictatorial tendencies of this administration? “The PDP invites all Nigerians and the international community to note the emerging barefaced abuse of state power and violation of constitutional provisions regarding the arrest, detention and eventual arraignment of our spokesperson. “Nigerians, by now, should be extremely scared that our country is fast drifting into a police state where being in opposition or holding views contrary to that of the government makes one a criminal and an enemy of the state. “For now, the target of the on-going lopsided war against corruption is the PDP and its leaders. All APC members, including those with known corruption issues are immune from investigation, arrest and prosecution.”]]>