Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd)
The All Progressives Congress has called
on the Peoples Democratic Party and the Federal Government to shun any
plan to assassinate Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
The APC also raised the alarm over an alleged plot by ruling party to discredit Buhari.
But the Deputy National Publicity
Secretary of the PDP, Abdullahi Jalo, has urged the APC to provide
evidence of any of such plan by the ruling party to assassinate Buhari.
The National Publicity Secretary of the
APC, Mr. Lai Mohammed, told The PUNCH that the PDP-led government had
security men specially trained as snipers to eliminate those opposed to
President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid.
He said, “I have never seen a government
so terrified of elections as this present administration. And I have
never seen a candidate so terrified of the opposition as Jonathan. Even
as recent as last week, (Ekiti State Governor Ayodele) Fayose was asking
for the withdrawal of Buhari from the Presidential election; and it is
just bizarre -but that coming from Fayose, one should not be surprising.
“Coming to issue of security, they have
made an attempt on his (Buhari) life once before; it can be done again.
But, let us warn them that any attempt on the life of Buhari or Bola
Tinubu will lead to a consequence that will be very dear for this
country. They should not even contemplate it.”
Muhammed told one of our correspondents
that the allegation by former President Olusegun Obasanjo concerning
President Jonathan’s administration training snipers to assassinate
opposition politicians was true.
The APC spokesman claimed the Special
Force Team was drawn from the Police, the Air Force, the Navy, the
Department of Security Service and the National Intelligence Agency.
“It is true. They were trained in
Belarus. They are security agents drawn from the NIA, the DSS, the
Police, the Air Force and the Navy. They were trained on how to take out
targets without any trace or without being discovered and they will
leave the scene quietly.”
In spite of this alleged threat, Mohammed said all APC members and supporters should remain resolute and calm.
Speaking further, the party’s spokesman
berated the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission,
Prof. Attahiru Jega, for allowing himself to be bullied by the
Presidency and security chiefs.
Reacting to the allegation, Jalo told
one of our correspondents that the APC spokesman and his party were
known to make wild, unproven allegations, saying the allegation to take
out Buhari was not true.
“The PDP is committed to the election
peace pact signed in Abuja. We will abide by it. It is a covenant we are
determined to keep. Having said that, the burden of proof concerning
Lai’s allegation rests on him and the party. In the usual manner of
whipping up sentiments to deceive Nigerians, they have come up with this
propaganda. Let him and his party provide photo, video, audio or
meeting place where a plot to assassinate their presidential candidate
was hatched. Nigerians have become wiser today. They cannot be swayed by
the APC propaganda machine,” the PDP spokesman said.
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