APC leaders to be put on security watchlist by FG | Read Why

by Kolapo Olapoju

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A top government official has revealed that security agencies have reportedly put some national leaders of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) on their watch list.

Following the threats allegedly issued by the party chieftans of the party over the impeachment of Adamawa State ex-governor, Murtala Nyako, the APC leaders could be picked up by security agents in case any untoward incident occurred.

The source said the Federal Government would not hesitate to order the arrest of the unnamed opposition leaders “if they do not desist from the campaign of calumny they are currently embarking against President Goodluck Jonathan over Nyako’s ouster.” The government source also revealed that the security report available to the government showed “clearly” the underhand dealings of the APC leaders shortly before the governor was removed.

He claimed that intelligence reports revealed that two APC governors, one from the North and the other from the South, approached some members of the Adamawa State House Assembly with financial inducements to the tune of N250m each for them to scuttle the move to remove the governor. He also added that out of the 25 state lawmakers, five were with Nyako while two travelled at the time the impeachment process scaled through.

The government official added that the some APC governors succeeded in buying one lawmaker over, and that attempts were made to buy one or two more so that the number of lawmakers required for the governor to be removed would not be achieved and that when it became clear to them that they would not be able to buy the lawmakers over, they resorted to threats.

The source said, “It was the assurance that they got from the lawmaker that more members would be bought over that gave birth to the reports then that Nyako might resign. When it was clear to them that the money might not do the magic, they resorted to threats. They threatened some of the lawmakers that they would be killed if they did not collect the money and stop the impeachment process.”

“What they don’t know is that all these are recorded. If they continue with these their unfounded allegations against the President, the security agencies would be directed to arrest them and confront them with overwhelming evidence.”

However, APC spokesperson, Lai Mohammed wondered why the Presidency had been unable to invite the leaders of the opposition party or the party’s governors, whom, it alleged, were involved in bribing legislators for questioning if indeed they had any evidence against them.

Mohammed said, “Tell them to publish whatever evidence they have and tell them to go ahead and arrest them, why are they insulting the intelligence of Nigerians? This outburst is simply telling you how stupid they are.”

“Multiply N250m by 20, how much is that? N250m in four places is N1bn; in 20 places is N5bn. Do they think everybody is as stupid as they are? Do they think that one governor could pull out five billion, either in Naira or Dollars, and the system will not detect it? Is this feasible? Why are they hiding and making unsubstantiated allegations? Why can’t they expose the governors and arrest them? What they are trying to do is to cover up their own corruption.”

 

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