ALHAJI ATIKU: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has a few hours ago, released a statement asking Nigerians to hold the ruling party of the All Progressives Congress (APC) responsible should any harm befalls former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and other PDP Presidential aspirants.
The statement is coming after Alhaji Atiku Abubakar a few days ago, allegedly petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over an alleged threat to his life and that of his family, asking for more security against those he said were Cyber-stalking him and family using this alleged phone number: +2348148228704.
In reacting to the petition, the Peoples Democratic Party through their National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan released a statement asking Nigerians to hold President Muhammadu Buhari and APC responsible should anything happen to Alhaji Atiku. The statement reads:
“The All Progressives Congress (APC) should be held responsible any harm befall former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar or any of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirants ahead of the 2019 general elections.
PDP’s position is predicated on its comprehensive consideration of all issues relating to the threats to the life of the former Vice President Alhaji Atiku as well as similar threats and harassment of other Presidential aspirants in our fold just as our party places all these threats at the doorstep of the President Muhammadu Buhari led-APC
The PDP does not take these threats as a ruse and we demand an open inquest into all the issues raised by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
It is public knowledge that the APC has been on frantic mode over the Calibre and popularity of presidential aspirants arraying in our party platform.
The APC knows that president Buhari is no match for any of our aspirants hence the resort to violence, harassment and death threats with a view to frighten and out our presidential aspirants out of circulation ahead of the 2019 general elections…
Nigerians are already aware of how the APC Led government has been using security and anti-corruption agencies particularly the police, department of state security (DSS) and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to harass and hound presidential hopeful and perceived political opposition of the President as well as the members of our party on various trumped-up allegations and charges.
The dysfunctional APC has become distraught by the resurge of Nigerians to our platform since the commencement of electioneering activities while the APC national Secretariat and it states offices have become deserted like graveyards.
Rather than accepting the reality of their failures ahead or the 2019 elections, the APC has to scald up its proclivities for violence against the opposition.
Only last week the APC unleashed their thugs to attack our national Secretariat with charms and dangerous weapons and attempted to disrupt our activities. this is an addition to series of other attacks our members in various parts of the country by April sponsored thugs.
The PDP wants the APC to note that in all it is fighting a lost battle. The PDP family will never be cowed or intimidated by the evil machination of the APC as we stand shoulder to shoulder with the majority of Nigerians across the board in this national emergency of ending the misrule of the Buhari led-administration which caused so much harm to our dear nation.