The Peoples Democratic Party PDP condemned the attack on President Muhammadu Buhari when he visited Kano on Monday to commission projects.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Debo Ologunagba, in a statement said, the organised attack on the person of the president was outright treasonable and a sacrilegious assault on the national sovereignty, which must be condemned by all.
The party said more disturbing was the fact that the APC presidential campaign allegedly sought to humiliate and harm Buhari, while performing his official duties in Kano.
“Our party is alarmed that this attack is part of the APC presidential candidate’s alleged plot to undermine the presidency, cause confusion, trigger violence in the country, disrupt the conduct of the 2023 general election and derail our democracy, having realised that he cannot win in a peaceful, free and fair electoral process.
“It should be noted that the APC presidential candidate has been displaying open aversion and making inciting statements against President Buhari since Mr President’s declaration, in line with democratic best practice all over the world that, Nigerians should freely vote for any candidate and party of their choice in the 2023 general election,” Ologunagba further alleged.
The PDP recalled Tinubu’s infamous statement in London, where he declared to his supporters that, “political power is not going to be served in a restaurant, it is not served a la carte. It is what we are doing; it is being determined; you do it at all cost; fight for it, grab it, snatch it and run with it.”
Ologunagba said “only recently, Asiwaju Tinubu further incited his followers against President Buhari at APC’s Presidential Rally in Abeokuta, Ogun State, where he accused Mr President of attempting to subvert the electoral process.
“It is now clearer why the APC presidential candidate brazenly established a militia code-named “the Jagaban Army” which is designed to undermine our national security, unleash violence on institutions of democracy and disrupt the electoral process.”
