The Peoples Democratic Party has described as “inhuman, abominable and callous” the arrest, detention and eventual deportation of 72 indigent Nigerians by the All Progressive Congress-led government of Lagos State, which dumped them at night at the Upper Iweka Bridge in Onitsha, Anambra State.

The Acting National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Barrister Tony Caesar Okeke, in a statement on Sunday, said the recent deportation of Anambra State indigenes from Lagos State in violation of their constitutionally guaranteed rights to reside in any part of the federation, betrays the wickedness of the APC-led government and shows the party as that of bigots with the agenda to promote sectionalism and stoke the fire of division among Nigerians.

The PDP lamented that many of the deportees were unjustly arrested and detained for several months in detention centres before being deported. The PDP said the action of the APC-led Lagos State Government is an indication that the APC is an insensitive party that is not interested in national unity and cohesion. It said “in making helpless Nigerians refugees in their own country, the APC has shown the kind of inhumanity and wickedness that will be meted out on the people” if it is elected into government at any level.

The statement reads: “The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has observed with dismay the recent dehumanization of innocent Nigerians by the All progressive Congress (APC)-led government of Lagos State.

“The state government under APC Governor Babatunde Fashola, in the most dehumanizing manner, hounded innocent and helpless Nigerians legitimately living in Lagos state and hauled them out of the state like trash just to dump them at night at the Upper Iweka Bridge in Onitsha, Anambra State.

“It is public knowledge that these innocent Nigerians were picked up in different locations, detained in different detention centers created by the Lagos State Government where they underwent diverse kinds of dehumanization before their deportation. This is apparently responsible for the death of one of them last Saturday. The blood of the dead and that of any other person that dies as a result of this cruel treatment is in Fashola’s hands and no amount of excuses will erase this.

“This inhuman, abominable and callous action directly contravenes the Nigerian constitution which in Section 15.3 (b) guarantees full residency rights for every citizen in all parts of the federation. “In flushing out these innocent Nigerians like illegal immigrants, the APC has shown that it is a party without the milk of human kindness; a party without love; a party with sectional agenda which is not interested in promoting national unity, cohesion and mutual love among Nigerians.

“This is indeed a signal; a tip of the iceberg of what to expect from the APC which has started showing its true colours as a party of sectional bigots who have no respect for human dignity, constitutional rights and lacking every sense of brotherliness and national spirit.

“It is indeed appalling that instead of apologizing to Nigerians, the APC and its government in Lagos state has remained unfeeling and are even trying to justify this wickedness which has been widely condemned across the country.

“Nigerians can now see that those who have been parading themselves as messiahs are indeed the real monsters who will ultimately trample upon them without mercy if allowed to hold power at any level in 2015. What else would one expect from a party whose proponents have the coldheartedness to haul fellow citizens like cattle and dump them at a place like Upper Iweka Bridge in the middle of the night?

“We reject the excuses offered by the APC which arrogated itself the powers of the court and branded innocent and helpless citizens, miscreants and criminals; detained and deported them on the ground that it was in the interest of Lagosians.

“It is the height of hypocrisy that Lagos state receives with thanks the taxes of all Nigerian citizens resident in Lagos irrespective of state of origin but then turn around to reject and dehumanize them in their time of need.”

The PDP urged Nigerians and all lovers of the country to note the actions of the APC-led government and ensure that the party is not voted for at any level in the country. It said “the nation risks being balkanized if APC is allowed anywhere near the government at the center.”

Noting that “no PDP controlled state has ever engaged in such an unconstitutional and detestable act”, the ruling party said it remains the only true national party capable of securing national cohesion and protecting the rights and interest of all Nigerians at any time and place.

It assured Nigerians that they are free to reside and engage in legitimate businesses in all PDP controlled states, adding that the PDP will continue to be committed to the welfare of all Nigerians, irrespective of political affiliations and state of origin.

as if PDP is any better? did the Minister of FCT not deport beggars out of the FCT and threaten them with prosecution if they see them in the FCT again? practically I don't indulge myself in politics because the people there are all there for themselves, they are all there for their interest! what good did PDP do to oyo, ogun, osun, ekiti, ondo when they were in power? no infrastructural developments, nothing to show for it. They were just busy looting the treasury! stealing directly from the state accounts! abegi i don tire.. make i go face my work jare.. there's no difference between nairaland political section posters and those that argue blindly at newspaper vendor stands..

bennyraz: as if PDP is any better? did the Minister of FCT not deport beggars out of the FCT and threaten them with prosecution if they see them in the FCT again? practically I don't indulge myself in politics because the people there are all there for themselves, they are all there for their interest! what good did PDP do to oyo, ogun, osun, ekiti, ondo when they were in power? no infrastructural developments, nothing to show for it. They were just busy looting the treasury! stealing directly from the state accounts! abegi i don tire.. make i go face my work jare.. there's no difference between nairaland political section posters and those that argue blindly at newspaper vendor stands..

i was wondering where this gutter analysis came from then you mention the vendor stands. Thanks bro for clearing my doubts

Dis is d first time PDP is telling d truth dis year. Yet as of today, APC is not an alternative to PDP, otherwise d poor & d middle class will one day wake up by 2am and find themselves at Seme Border.

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FEE DEE FEE SHARE MONEY
FEE DEE FEE NEST OF KILLERS
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WHERE IS THE DAMN NIGER BRIDGE
ANIMALS IN HUMAN SKIN

Has the PDP fared any better? The FG controlled security agencies hound innocent Nigerians under the guise of wandering and other frivolous excuses, they are not charged to court, and many are languishing in jails across the country with their families unaware of their whereabouts.

The PDP suddenly found its voice because the CAN is involved but maintained a terrible silence when Akwa Ibom State asked Lagos State to come pick up its vagrants. The ruling party was asleep when Abia State government discarded non-indegenes of Igbo extraction from its civil service or when Anambra State government repatriated destitute, under-ages and beggars to their states of origin.

PDP's 14 years of misrule have turned Nigeria into a country renowned for unfulfilled promises, a calligraphy of agony and a mosaic of misery hence many are destitute and many have resorted to begging for alms in order to stay alive.

Thrash!!

They were in Mars when their FCT minister, Obi, Akpabio and others were "reuniting" destitutes...abi??

Enough of all this nonsense talk, whoever isn't hapy with the action should head to court. Why is everybody blowing hot air and nobody taking any decisive action??

Why hasn't anyone challenges this action in court?? Why only whine on the pages of newspapers??

Peter AdaObi, MASSOB, PDP, Fasehun etc don't give a damn if the "reunited" destitutes live or die. To them this is an opportunity to play "Akpu" politics..

PDP or APC to me doesn't make any different non of them have the interest of the poor Nigeria @ heart .
The problem here is wickedness at the highest order the the so called SAN has displayed . If you claim that this people are lunatics why don't you take them to psychiatric hospital in Lagos, why must you send them to another state in the middle of the night at the most notorious head bridge and dump them there.
I personally believe that fashola is not aware of this, but why must he always choose to be working with agberos just like lasma official, and why does he always trow support for this tout when ever they misbehave .

PDP-Party of the DEVILS

Fashola and Tinubu are heartless how can they arranged and dump their fellow human being at bridge in the middle of night

dazey: Fashola and Tinubu are heartless how can they arranged and dump their fellow human being at bridge in the middle of night

Thats what progressive means to them, they believe that eliminating the poor will guarantee quick prosperity.

dazey: [s]Fashola and Tinubu are heartless how can they arranged and dump their fellow human being at bridge in the middle of night[/s]

Obi must be heartless too for deporting other ibo people out of Anambra state and also Akpabio too for deporting Lagosians...


You can have it both ways...

dazey: Fashola and Tinubu are heartless how can they arranged and dump their fellow human being at bridge in the middle of night

Wetin concern tinubu? Is he the governor of lagos? Besides why did you not talk when fct deportted beggers? Why did you not complain when abia akwaibom and anambara did the same? Why don't you blame all the members of pdp board of trustees including chris uba, iwuanyawu,alex ekwueme etc for the underdevelopment of ala igbo instead of blaming tinubu in lagos?
Why did peter obi build next cash and carry in abuja and not in onitsha or awka so this destituted can have work in the east instead of roaming around lagos?

Provie: Dis is d first time PDP is telling d truth dis year. Yet APC can never be an alternative to PDP in 2015 or anytime soon, otherwise d poor & d middle class will one day wake up by 2am and find themselves at Seme Border.

Seme Border

dazey: Fashola and Tinubu are heartless how can they arranged and dump their fellow human being at bridge in the middle of night

Is Tinubu the governor of Lagos State? Na waooo

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Pdp has said it all, apc is just the party of the wicked! I am not surprised the people who constitute the so called APC are mainly from the north (boko haram) and the west (type 'yoruba's are' for google to tell you who they truly are).

Apc equals to wicked people.
Only wicked people will support apc. the igbo nation will countinue to grow, prosper and be blessed and let's see what becomes of the wicked. For my bible tells me that the end of the wicked is near for they shall rot in the lake of fire.

Btw mods I was just interpreting what pdp was trying to say in plain english.

Lagos State hasn't finished solving the agbero problems and youruba destitutes, other regions are adding theirs to it......Nonsense, re-unite them with their families once they're not useful.

You all better ask your Governors to take care of your people to stop them from trooping to Lagos and wandering the streets like Zombies.

I normally used to think i was communicating with intelligent people but as someone pointed out above, the intelligence of a majority of the posters on this site is no better than the Okada men and jobless guys that argue all day at Newspaper stands after drinking sepe.

am saying it the way it is bcus am not ibo nor yoruba.

fashola caused all these. all this bruhaha now wouldnt be there if fashola acted reponsible as we all blv he is.

fashola is the first to give the saga a political face when defending gov obi report to Gej.
now the little balloon is geting bigger politicaly by the day.

am begining to see that fashola does not worth much as media potrays him. his withdrawal from NGF court case and his poor defense to obi report.

that is what happens to people when they were over hyped. fashola media hype has getting into him so much that he sees himself as political mesaiah while he remains corrupt as his peers. if not what is he still doing with tinubu whom we all know as cabal and continualy pay some tips wit tax payers money to tinubu every month.

When ds hapen, nobody talks
https://www.nairaland.com/704764/beggars-deported-back-states-abuja
but wen it was fashola turn, tins turns yam pepper scatter scatter

PDP appear to be on the side of Nigerians in this issue. And people say they are evil.

What is bad is bad. What Fashola did is inhuman, barbaric and calous. If Obi did the same thing too, he too is no differ
ent from Fashola so pls let's all moro.ns justifying Fasholas deportation keep quiet.

dridowu: When ds hapen, nobody talks
https://www.nairaland.com/704764/beggars-deported-back-states-abuja
but wen it was fashola turn, tins turns yam pepper scatter scatter

don't mind them jare.. they all know the truth! and they have been paid by these so called randy politicians to cause pandemonium.. IF Anambrarians/ibos feel that their rights have been infringed upon by the LASG, then they should go to court! simple. I don't believe in talking and talking and nagging about a problem! i believe in finding a solution to problem!! Gov. Obi wrote Jonathan.. is Jonathan an arbitrator? over the years, Ibos keep making endless noises about seceding on frontpages of newspaper and that their so called biafra radio and yet they keep buying properties outside their region, they keep establishing themselves in the Northern part of the country, does that show any seriousness towards the cause of seceding? you leave your state to go and constitute nuisance in another state and you were relocated back to were you came from.. is that bad? FCT did the same thing, Akwa-ibom did the same thing, even the so called petert Obi did the same thing.. like Fashola said, it's all politics! APGA have been dealt a blow since Rochas ported to APC so the only thing on APGA can do now is to bring down APC and if APC field an IBO man as the vice-president come 2015, they whole mathematics would change in favor of APC