Former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, has raised
alarm of plot to arrest him. This was contained in a statement by his spokesman, Paul Ibe, on Sunday.
It said due to Atiku’s insistence of existence of a server used by
the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), his enemies
attributed a false comment on “mass protest” to him to prepare ground
from his incarceration.
Ibe said: “I wish to emphatically state that such a statement did not emanate from Atiku Abubakar or his privies.
“It is the work of mischief makers who want to mar his spotless
pro-democratic record and lay the ground work for their threatened
actions against him on false charges of being a threat to national
security.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Atiku Abubakar believes in the rule of
law and in the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In his almost
four decades in politics, he has never taken action or spoken words
against democracy and will not start now.
“Atiku Abubakar and his team have confidence in God and thus call on
those bent on mischief to have the fear of God and retrace their steps.
“Democracy has come to stay in Nigeria. The culture of fear being
created now cannot rein in our democracy. Nigeria and Nigerians have a
consistent history of outlasting tyranny and will continue to do so by
the grace of God.”