Tobias Sylvester
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused President Buhari of ordering security agents to intimidate and harass its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar after arrival from Dubai.
According to Atiku in a Twitter post, after his arrival from Dubai on Sunday, November 11, 2018, he was subjected to a search routine that was aimed at intimidating and harassing him at the Abuja airport. He tweeted:
I arrived to Abuja this morning to a search by agents of the state, aimed at intimidating me and my staff.
I am committed to building a Nigeria where no citizen is intimidated by agents of state who are paid to protect them.
Together, #LetsGetNigeriaWorkingAgain.
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) November 11, 2018
“I arrived to Abuja this morning to a search by agents of the state, aimed at intimidating me and my staff.
“I am committed to building a Nigeria where no citizen is intimidated by agents of state who are paid to protect them. Together, #LetsGetNigeriaWorkingAgain.”
The Cable reported the security agents ransacked Atiku’s private jet and personal belongings to search him. His pilot and the co-pilot of the aircraft were not left out.
PDP in a Twitter statement reacted and accused President Buhari of ordering security agents to intimidate and harass its presidential candidate.
“We condemn in the strongest terms the attack and harassment of our Presidential Candidate, @atiku at Abuja airport today by contingent of special security forces, comprising of the army, the police & other paramilitary agencies on the order of President @MBuhari.
“The deadly squad, in a Gestapo style attack, and acting on ‘orders from above’ @MBuhari rushed our candidate @atiku immediately he landed and attempted to physically manhandle him before invading his aircraft with dangerous weapons to conduct a violent search.
“While they did not find anything incriminating on our Presidential candidate, @atiku this deadly squad, violently tampered with certain personal documents and gadgets belonging to him, including some of his campaign documents.
“We completely reject such violent attack against the person of our Presidential candidate @atiku by the @MBuhari Presidency, which we know has been jittery over Atiku Abubakar’s soaring popularity since his emergence as our candidate.”
We invite the world to note that having failed to drag down our Candidate @atiku with spurious allegations and smear campaign, the discredited @OfficialAPCNg has now resorted to state-backed violence against him & @MBuhari must be held responsible should any harm befall @atiku
Attack on @atiku: We condemn in the strongest terms the attack and harassment of our Presidential Candidate, @atiku at Abuja airport today by contingent of special security forces, comprising of the army, the police & other paramilitary agencies on the order of President @MBuhari pic.twitter.com/CiF9CCshAf
— Official PDP Nigeria (@OfficialPDPNig) November 11, 2018
The deadly squad, in a Gestapo style attack, and acting on ‘orders from above’ @MBuhari rushed our candidate @atiku immediately he landed and attempted to physically manhandle him before invading his aircraft with dangerous weapons to conduct a violent search.
— Official PDP Nigeria (@OfficialPDPNig) November 11, 2018
While they did not find anything incriminating on our Presidential candidate, @atiku this deadly squad, violently tampered with certain personal documents and gadgets belonging to him, including some of his campaign documents.
— Official PDP Nigeria (@OfficialPDPNig) November 11, 2018
We completely reject such violent attack against the person of our Presidential candidate @atiku by the @MBuhari Presidency, which we know has been jittery over Atiku Abubakar’s soaring popularity since his emergence as our candidate.
— Official PDP Nigeria (@OfficialPDPNig) November 11, 2018
We invite the world to note that having failed to drag down our Candidate @atiku with spurious allegations and smear campaign, the discredited @OfficialAPCNg has now resorted to state-backed violence against him & @MBuhari must be held responsible should any harm befall @atiku pic.twitter.com/qzZqqGWIX7
— Official PDP Nigeria (@OfficialPDPNig) November 11, 2018
