{"id":64375,"date":"2018-11-11T22:21:09","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T21:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=64375"},"modified":"2018-11-11T22:21:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T21:21:09","slug":"pdp-condemns-federal-governments-attack-on-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/pdp-condemns-federal-governments-attack-on-atiku\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP Condemns Federal Government\u2019s Attack on Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\u2026Says Buhari Presidency is Pushing Nigerians to the Wall<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) condemns in the strongest terms the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">unleashing of a special security squad of army, police and paramilitary<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">agencies by the Muhammadu Buhari Presidency to physically harass our<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, at the Abuja airport, upon his<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">return from Dubai.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Spokesman of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan said &#8220;It was shocking when the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">deadly squad, in a Gestapo style attack, and acting on \u2018orders from above\u2019<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">rushed our candidate immediately he landed and attempted to physically<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">manhandle him before invading his aircraft with dangerous weapons to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">conduct a violent search.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;While they did not find anything incriminating on our Presidential<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">candidate, this deadly squad, violently tampered with certain personal<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">documents and gadgets belonging to him, including some of his campaign<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">documents.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The PDP completely rejects such violence against the person of our<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Presidential candidate by the Buhari Presidency, which we know has been<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">jittery over Atiku Abubakar\u2019s soaring popularity since his emergence as<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">our candidate.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We invite the world to note that having failed to drag down our<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Presidential candidate with spurious allegations and smear campaign, the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">APC has now resorted to state-backed violence against him and must be<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">held responsible should any harm befall him or any member of his<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">campaign team.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The PDP is for peace, but we will not accept this recourse to violence,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">which we believe is orchestrated to directly harm our Presidential<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">candidate, foist a siege mentality on the system and set the stage for<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">series of coordinated violence, ostensibly to truncate a peaceful<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">conduct of the 2019 general election.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The Buhari Presidency and the APC should bear in mind that this is an<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">attack on our democracy and the collective sensibility of the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">overwhelming majority of Nigerians, across board, who have accepted the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">choice of Atiku Abubakar as Nigeria\u2019s next President and they will<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">vigorously deploy every means available in a democracy to defend him and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">our democratic process.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Today, Atiku Abubakar, as a Presidential candidate, has the highest<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">demography of supporters and volunteers across our nation and we will<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">not hesitate to call them out in defence of democracy if another such<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">attempt is made against our candidate.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Nigeria is not a conquered territory and anybody that wants to foist a<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">totalitarian regime on our land will be firmly resisted<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We invite President Buhari to recall that as a Presidential candidate,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">he had occasions to travel out of the country and the government in<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">power never besieged or harassed him in any way. 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