[FILE] Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari
An American congressman, Christopher Smith, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari over the clamping down on opposition figures ahead of 2019 general elections.
“I am very concerned by the current trajectory in Nigeria, Africa’s largest democracy and economy, and President Muhamadu Buhari’s apparent crackdown on non-violent protests and harassment of opposition leaders,” Smith said in a statement on Friday.
He cited the alleged freezing of bank accounts of People’s Democratic Party’s vice presidential candidate Peter Obi and alleged arrest of two sons of PDP’s presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar as proofs of Buhari’s highhandedness.
However, both accusations were denied by the Nigerian government and the opposition party could not provide any evidence to back both claims.
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission said in a statement that it arrested a son of a former Abia State governor Theodore Orji.
It said…
