From Saka Bolaji, Minna
Barely 48 hours after regaining his freedom, Niger state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tanko Beji, has said he is now prepared for the 2019 political battle in the country.
Beji was granted bail by a Minna High Court last Friday after spending four days in the Minna medium security prison and nine days incarceration in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) cells in Abuja.
Beji told newsmen in Minna on Sunday that what he had gone through was part of the learning process in politics in a developing country adding that he was destined to pass through the path.
His words: “What has happened has made me stronger and prepared me for the task ahead. I am out now. I am ready for the tasks ahead and other challenges. I hold no grudge against anybody. I believe in destiny and faith as a Muslim I have been destined to toe this line there is nothing anyone can do about it.
Saying that “what goes around must always come around” Beji counselled politicians to desist from witch-hunting and intimidation of opponents.
The PDP chieftain charged the party supporters not to be “intimidated by the clampdown on our leaders, instead what is happening should strengthen us for the great task ahead”.
He expressed gratitude to all those that stood by him during his travails especially the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), the media “our party supporters and my immediate and distant relations ”
Beji asked the people of Niger to continue to pray for the peace and stability of the state and Nigeria as a whole.
“As true believers we should shun acts capable of leading to a breakdown of law and order in our communities and also cooperate with law enforcement agencies to secure our society”.
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