Atiku Abubakar has warned President Muhammadu
Buhari against arresting Olusegun Obasanjo
- Atiku claimed such steps would only aggravate the
already over heated polity
- He urged the president to call the security agencies
to order in order to douse the tension in the land
Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar has
reacted to the allegation by former president,
Olusegun Obasanjo, that the administration of
Muhammadu Buhari is plotting to frame him up
and lock him in jail for a long time.
Atiku, in a statement released on Friday, June 8,
said such actions would only aggravate the
already heated polity in the land and urged
President Buhari to call the security agencies to
order, Vanguard reports.
The statement reads: "I have received with serious
concern the purported alert raised by former President
Olusegun Obasanjo of an alleged plot by the government to
arrest him on trumped up charges.
"I am disturbed by this turn of events in our dear country
considering the huge price that was paid for us to have
democracy. I wish to advice that government and its agents
should retrace their steps to avoid aggravating the already
over heated polity.
"The alert by President Obasanjo is coming against the
backdrop of earlier alerts by some leaders, especially those
of the opposition of deliberate and orchestrated attempt to
intimidate and frame them up.
"I wish to state without equivocation that President
Obasanjo is a historical figure in Nigeria’s democracy and
that the primary purpose of government is to provide
security of lives and property of all citizens and residents
irrespective of their status, political affiliation, religious
inclination and ethnic leanings.
"Our nation has lost so much precious lives and property
that we can no longer afford to travel that road again.
"I wish to appeal to President Buhari to call the security
agencies to order in order to douse the tension in the land."
Recall that adegokblog.com earlier reported that former
president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has alleged that
there is a plot by the President Muhammadu
Buhari administration to detain him indefinitely
based on false charges.
Obasanjo in a statement by his media aide,
Kehinde Akinyemi, on Friday, June 8, claimed
that the government was planning to use fake
documents and witnesses against him.
The former president said the plot against him
would unfold in two stages among which is to
cause the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) to reopen investigation into
the activities of his administration.
Buhari against arresting Olusegun Obasanjo
- Atiku claimed such steps would only aggravate the
already over heated polity
- He urged the president to call the security agencies
to order in order to douse the tension in the land
Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar has
reacted to the allegation by former president,
Olusegun Obasanjo, that the administration of
Muhammadu Buhari is plotting to frame him up
and lock him in jail for a long time.
Atiku, in a statement released on Friday, June 8,
said such actions would only aggravate the
already heated polity in the land and urged
President Buhari to call the security agencies to
order, Vanguard reports.
The statement reads: "I have received with serious
concern the purported alert raised by former President
Olusegun Obasanjo of an alleged plot by the government to
arrest him on trumped up charges.
"I am disturbed by this turn of events in our dear country
considering the huge price that was paid for us to have
democracy. I wish to advice that government and its agents
should retrace their steps to avoid aggravating the already
over heated polity.
"The alert by President Obasanjo is coming against the
backdrop of earlier alerts by some leaders, especially those
of the opposition of deliberate and orchestrated attempt to
intimidate and frame them up.
"I wish to state without equivocation that President
Obasanjo is a historical figure in Nigeria’s democracy and
that the primary purpose of government is to provide
security of lives and property of all citizens and residents
irrespective of their status, political affiliation, religious
inclination and ethnic leanings.
"Our nation has lost so much precious lives and property
that we can no longer afford to travel that road again.
"I wish to appeal to President Buhari to call the security
agencies to order in order to douse the tension in the land."
Recall that adegokblog.com earlier reported that former
president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has alleged that
there is a plot by the President Muhammadu
Buhari administration to detain him indefinitely
based on false charges.
Obasanjo in a statement by his media aide,
Kehinde Akinyemi, on Friday, June 8, claimed
that the government was planning to use fake
documents and witnesses against him.
The former president said the plot against him
would unfold in two stages among which is to
cause the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) to reopen investigation into
the activities of his administration.
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