Ekiti APC Lawmakers Condemn Alleged Plan To Attack Tinubu

The 19 All Progressives‎ Congress (APC) lawmakers in Ekiti State House of Assembly have condemned the alleged planned attack on the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, warning the agents of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to respect the sanctity of human life in their pursuit of power.
Reacting to Tinubu’s alarm over alleged plan to assassinate him by PDP over political differences and threats posed by him for the success of President Goodluck Jonathan in his re-election bid, the APC lawmakers said the political mood in Nigerians as expressed by voters to change political leadership did not support shedding the blood of opposition figures to secure victory.
In a statement by the Special Adviser on Media to the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Wole Olujobi, the lawmakers said PDP should note that Nigerians had seen PDP’s deceits, corruption and ineptitude in the last six years and had made up their minds that enough of dashed hopes for a new lease of life.
The statement also said PDP should demonstrate in practical terms the declaration by Jonathan that his re-election is not worth the blood of one Nigerian, stressing that it would be dangerous to re-enact Ekiti bloody scenario of intolerance on the national scale.
“It is dangerous that what we thought was a local problem in Ekiti State in the hands of an intolerant and desperate administration is fast spreading to the national stage where our national leaders are being targeted for elimination.
“We condemn this as totally unacceptable. PDP has done enough damage to the national psyche and economy and has created conditions that gave bleak hope for the future of young Nigerians. After succee‎ding in killing Nigerians’ dreams, it should spare the lives of the opposition figures who have the vision to turn around the fortunes of Nigerians for good,” Olujobi said.
He said Tinubu is a patriot and visionary who would not compromise his democratic credentials to sit in court with felons‎ to gang-rape the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the name of contraption called Interim Government that PDP leaders were luring him to participate as the Vice President.
“Tinubu has come a long way. He is conscious of his place in the history of political development of Nigeria, particularly his roles in mid-wiving the nation’s ‎democracy through his activities in NADECO.
“It is shocking that the man that helped in erecting democratic pillars for Nigeria is the same man PDP is expecting in a conspiracy to sabotage the democratic rights of Nigerians to have a democratically elected President,” the media aide said, adding that the APC leader would continue to lead the way in growing democracy for national transformation and salvation.
The statement also warned the ruling party to stop its plan to implicate opposition leaders in trumped-up charges to put them out of circulation ahead of March 28 presidential election‎.
It urged the security agencies to provide protection for Nigerians for peace to reign before and after the polls while it said PDP would be held responsible for any untoward happenings to APC leaders.

Wole Olujobi
Special Adviser (Media) to the Speaker
13th March, 2015