The presidential candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a onetime Vice President, Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar, has been at the receiving end of harsh criticism over his claim that
security operatives allegedly harassed him upon his return to Nigeria from
Dubai on Sunday
Atiku had hinted that he was
intimidated by security agents.
He tweeted: “I arrived to Abuja
this morning to a search by agents of the state, aimed at intimidating me and
my staff.”
Reacting, however, the Africa
Civil Rights Centre, described Atiku’s claim as a cheap blackmail just to get
sympathy.
Dr. Enemaku Ocheni, Executive
Secretary of the group, said the PDP candidate was only being chased by the
ghost of the past.
The group in a statement warned
Atiku to stop crying foul except there is something he and the PDP were hiding
from Nigerians.
He said, “The latest antic of
Atiku and PDP is to whip up a storm in a teacup over the routine screening
reportedly conducted on him by security operatives upon his return to Nigeria
from Dubai on Sunday.
“He has with the PDP and a
retinue of hirelings made so much noise about the search on a scale that sought
to present law enforcement agents as singling him out. One of his hirelings
even issued a substance-induced sounding statement claiming there was an
attempt to frame Atiku by dropping sacks of foreign currency on his aircraft,
only someone that once carried out such operation can allude the same to
another person.
“It is most unfortunate that
Atiku Abaubakar that once held the nation’s number two position for eight years
knows no better than to disparage security agencies that are on legitimate
duty; he omitted to explain to his supporters that the same DSS he is disparaging
is proving security cover for him as per tradition.
“At a time when several of his
political associates in the PDP have been severally fingered in using their
convoys to provide safe passage for Boko Haram members and even ferrying
weapons for them, it is not out of place to conduct random search on persons
entering the country.
“Our advice is for Atiku to stop
the victimhood game that he played when he attempted to supplant his boss,
former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2006. Nigerians now properly understand
him as a desperado that always attempt to ride on the wave of populism by
presenting himself as a victim – in the Obasanjo years, he returned from abroad
with a cast on his knee so this time around he changed strategy to claim he was
searched.”
Meanwhile, the Presidency on
Sunday reacted to the alleged harassment Atiku by security agents.
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi
Sirika, in a series of tweet, denied the alleged harassment.
Sirika maintained that Atiku’s
claim was mischievous as the checks by the security agents were mandatory.
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Don't mind Atiku, we all know his strategy, he wants sympathy and wants to be a wailer.. you're playing for the other team, be prepared to get checked and follow the rules
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