The presidential candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of
ordering the security personnel that searched his (Atiku’s) private Jet.
The Wazirin Adamawa had revealed
how he was intimidated by security agents on his return from Dubai on Sunday
Speaking through the Atiku
Campaign Organization in a statement yesterday, the former Vice President
alleged that the deployment of security men was directly ordered by the
President in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief, being the only one so
authorised to do so.
He also observed that the search
of the aircraft had been canvassed in a statement issued by the All
Progressives Congress, APC, a week ago.
The Atiku Campaign Organization
said, “On November 5, 2018, exactly a week ago today, the All Progressives
Congress released an official statement accusing former Vice President Atiku
Abubakar of having strategy meetings for the purpose of moving ‘illicit cash’
into Nigeria and they asked the security services to investigate HE Atiku
Abubakar and his plane.
“To quote from the APC’s
statement, the ruling party said ‘Our intelligence, anti-graft and security
agencies must be awake to their responsibility of investigating the Dubai
meeting.
‘Cash-and-carry politicians must
be prevented from moving illicit cash around to induce voters and sponsor
election violence and rigging.
“Again, relevant agencies must
check suspicious movement of cash both locally and internationally by
politically exposed persons under the guise of a ‘Dubai meeting’ or any
clandestine meeting’
“They thereafter asked the
security services to search aircraft belonging to members of the Peoples
Democratic Party.
“That statement evinced an
obvious premeditated intention by the APC and its Federal Government to
deliberately embarrass the former Vice President by invading his plane with
security personnel and possibly to set him up for the crimes they had already
officially accused him of in their statement.
“The official denial by the All
Progressives Congress and the Presidency of any hand in the ordeal of the
former Vice President is put to lie when you examine their statement of last
week which was clearly what was implemented against the former Vice President.
It also shows that both parties have no credibility and will do or say anything
to further their interests.
“The statement by the aviation
ministry that the search of Atiku Abubakar’s plane is ‘routine’ is an
afterthought that does not hold water for the simple reason that the PDP
Presidential candidate has been flying in and out of Nigeria without ever
receiving such a treatment until the APC released its statement.
“This event raises grave concerns
about using government services for purely political purposes and what this
portends for the conduct of free and fair elections in February 2019, and shows
as hollow President Buhari’s promise to superintendent over credible polls.
“The Atiku Presidential Campaign
Organisation wishes to remind Nigerians and the international community that by
Nigeria’s constitution, only the President can order the deployment of military
and paramilitary personnel as Commander-in-Chief.
“That, combined with the
statement released last week, is proof beyond reasonable doubt that what
happened to Atiku Abubakar was not a routine exercise, but a deliberate attempt
to intimidate him by those who have seen the political handwriting on the
wall.”
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