Don’t silence opposition, dissenting voices over alleged coup plot – ADC cautions FG

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has cautioned the federal government against using the recent news of an alleged coup plot as a pretext to clamp down on opposition leaders and begin extra-judicial surveillance on voices that do not agree with it.

The party, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said it views any threat to Nigeria’s democratic order with utmost seriousness, but warned that the federal government must not exploit this moment to instill fear, silence dissenting voices, or engineer political advantage under the guise of national security.

The statement reads: “The ADC has been closely monitoring the reports of an alleged coup plot involving arrested…