DON'T ATTEMPT TO KILL BUHARI, APC TELLS PDP

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.