Saraki: Presidency planning to arrest APC leaders

The presidency has concluded arrangement to arrest some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Former governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki, who made the allegation at his Mandate political office in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday, urged Nigerians to resist the planned clampdown.
He also said the only way Nigeria will move forward is for the electorate to vote out the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the general elections.
Saraki said: “We have heard of plans to clamp down on us, we are prepared. I learnt the other day military trucks were moving around and I asked what for? But the truth is that this issue is now beyond the APC leaders and so the message is that they should not take the calmness of the people for granted. People want change and anything that will stop that, they won’t accept.
“My concern is that we don’t plunge this country into a constitutional crisis, so we must ensure that May 29 is sacrosanct. I want Nigerians to stand up and hold both the National Security Adviser and the President to account to ensure that they stick to the handover date. It is up to the government to now assure us that there is no hidden agenda.”
Asked about the spate of political violence in the state, the former governor said it would be the product of “new people” just coming into the politics of the state but asked that security agencies should hold leaders of the parties accountable.
“I have told them that you don’t win elections by destroying billboards. My view is that political leaders should be held responsible as is the practice all over the world. Leaders must be made to know that the international Court is there for such cases.”