{"id":84606,"date":"2021-08-09T17:17:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T16:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=84606"},"modified":"2021-08-09T17:17:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T16:17:25","slug":"apc-moves-to-thwart-protests-beef-up-security-at-hq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/apc-moves-to-thwart-protests-beef-up-security-at-hq\/","title":{"rendered":"APC Moves To Thwart Protests, Beef Up Security At HQ\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">*** Buni not threatened- Akpanudoedehe<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ostensibly to forestall any breakdown of law and order within the national secretariat, the Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday invited an extended security coverage of the officers and men of Nigeria Police Force (NPF).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The police team numbering over 30 had strategically positioned themselves within the secretariat along Blantyre street, but did not harass anyone using the street.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv3350197748yMail_cursorElementTracker_1628524725822\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was gathered that the security agents acted on security report that certain persons had been mobilised to stage demonstration at the party secretariat.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Secretary of the CECPC, Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, however assured that the heavy security presence noticed at the party\u2019s national secretariat is nothing to be worried about.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking with newsmen on the development, he added that the police deployment was to strengthen security at the party\u2019s secretariat.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is coming a day after a crucial meeting of APC governors to review and discuss the Supreme Court judgment on the Ondo State Governorship election of October 10, 2020 as it affects the controversy surrounding the propriety of the occupation of the office of the Chairman by the Governor of Yobe State, Hon. Mai Mala Buni held\u00a0 at the Kebbi State Governor&#8217;s Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe police are here to strengthen the security for the leadership of the Gov. Mai Mala Buni-led APC CECPC.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhenever you have a security situation or report, you take precautions to protect lives and property.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAPC cannot be embarrassed because we are the national government; therefore we take measures to forestall any negative happenings.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe have a security report, and you can\u2019t expect us to call thugs to defend the national secretariat, the right thing to do is to inform the police and the State Security Service (SSS) and that is what we have done,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Akpanudoedehe said the APC could not underestimate the security report and could not play down on it.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added that the party would continue to take measures to protect the lives and prosperity of its members and Nigerians generally.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the party would begin to observe full compliance to the COVID-19 protocols to prevent the infection of the delta variant.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The APC secretary said it was the responsibility of the CECPC as managers of the party to put measures in place to protect lives and property.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He, however, advised that no one should take anything for granted, saying that every security report must be taken seriously.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe just have to put everything in place, even the ones that are not verifiable.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhat we consider to be a threat is not what you consider to be a threat, a mere word that you passed by, we would heighten it because we don\u2019t want to be embarrassed.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis is APC that produced the national Government.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We cannot embarrass the president, we cannot embarrass the government of APC and we cannot embarrass ourselves.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv3350197748yMail_cursorElementTracker_1628524482027\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">He assured party members that the Buni-led CECPC was not in any way threatened as being reported in some quarters, adding that its chairman is as firm as ever.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*** Buni not threatened- Akpanudoedehe Ostensibly to forestall any breakdown of law and order within the national secretariat, the Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling All&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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