Atiku Abubakar, presidential
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says there are plans by some
“unscrupulous elements” to implicate him.
In a statement Paul Ibe, his spokesman, issued on his behalf, Atiku
alleged that part of the plan is for some unnamed people to perpetrate some
crimes and indict him and “senior personalities” of the PDP.
He also called for the arrest of
Lai Mohammed, minister of information, over his comments that he is planning to
sabotage President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
“We wish to blow the whistle as
an early-warning alert of the grandiose scheme being put together by some
unscrupulous elements aimed at jeopardising the reputation of His Excellency,
Atiku Abubakar in the coming days and weeks,” the statement read.
“By the merit of what is
beginning to unfold, there are plans to create some upsets across the country
whereby alleged perpetrators of such crimes will engage in phantom
names-dropping of Atiku Abubakar and some senior personalities in the Peoples Democratic
Party.
“Already, we are abreast of some
other plans to plant fictitious stories in some mushroom media outlets aimed at
discrediting Atiku and his political party, the PDP.
“It, therefore, becomes
preponderant that we alert the public of this demonic plan and to say that it
will be imprudent to compromise the peace and security of Nigerians in order to
score a cheap political goal.
“Towards this end, and for the
umpteenth time, we call on the Federal Government to be awake to its
responsibilities of providing security and ensuring peace, and to desist from
actions and utterances that are capable of exposing our fault lines.
“It is very unsettling that
senior administration officials, especially those who are the mouthpiece of
government will make reckless but calculated comments to tarnish the image of
Atiku Abubakar and government will sit idly on it.”
“With the conclusion reached by
relevant security outfits that there is no evidentiary proof to back the claim
by Lai Mohammed that the opposition was planning to upstage the government, we
demand that the information minister should be arrested for a breach of
security and an apology rendered to Atiku Abubakar and the PDP.”
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