The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked the Directorate of State Services, DSS, to as a matter of urgency secure the release of the social activist and PDP new media personality, Abubakar Idris, popularly known as Abu Hanifa Dadiyata, who was abducted since last Friday.
The party in a press statement signed by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, also urged the DSS to speak out on the reported claims that its men were involved in the violent abduction of the social activist.
The party said the DSS cannot continue to keep quiet on the issue since there were already claims in the news media and the public space that its men participated in the abduction allegedly on behalf of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The PDP, which noted that Mr. Idris was known for his fierce criticism of anti-people policies of the APC and its administration, particularly in Kano state said the APC must be culable in the case of the abduction.
The statement read in part, “There are already public insinuations that Dadiyata’s abduction to an unknown destination is not unconnected with an apparent desperation to intimidate, suppress and silence public opinion and free speech in Nigeria and to further entrench a siege mentality on our citizenry.”
The PDP therefore demanded the DSS high command to speak out as well as take urgent steps to secure the release of Dadiyata from his abductors before it is too late.
“This is especially because the polity is already overheated and any delay in the release of Dadiyata is capable of triggering further aggressions in our polity, particularly in Kano state, where he commands a very large followers hip,” it added.