Ekiti APC lawmakers condemn planned attack on Tinubu

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

The 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers in Ekiti State House of Assembly have condemned the alleged plan to attack the party’s National leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, telling agents of the Peoples Democratic Party to respect the sanctity of human life in their pursuit of power.

Reacting to an alarm raised by Tinubu over an alleged plan to assassinate him by PDP over political differences and threats posed by him against the re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan, the APC lawmakers said nothing justifies the killing of opposition figures to secure victory at the polls.

In a statement by the Special Adviser on Media to the embattled Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Wole Olujobi, the lawmakers said PDP should note that Nigerians had seen its deceits, corruption and ineptitude in the last sixteen years and had decided to vote for change.

The lawmakers challenged the PDP to demonstrate in practical terms the declaration by Jonathan that his re-election was not worth the blood of any Nigerian, adding that it would be dangerous to re-enact Ekiti bloody scenario of intolerance on the national scale.

The statement said, “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.

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“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.” The National Publicity Secretary of the ruling party, Olisa Metuh, who reacted to the assasination plot allegation by Tinubu, described it as mere hallucination on the part of the APC leader.

“Our response is simple: Did he speak from Bourdillon, or from a psychiatric hospital? We are asking, whether it is well with Tinubu. We are worried because this is a form of hallucination and we call for urgent medical attention. This isn’t politics; we call on Nigerians to come to his aid, immediately,” Metuh said.