The defeated presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has alleged that there were plans by “unscrupulous and anti-democratic elements to contrive skirmishes in the coming weeks aimed at smearing his personality”.

The alarm was raised on Friday, 24th May, 2019, in a statement issued by Abubakar’s Media Adviser, Mr Paul Ibe.

Abubakar who served as the Vice President under Obasanjo from 1999 to 2007, said that there was a grand plot orchestrated by some evil agents to attack his reputation.

We wish to blow the whistle as an early warning alert of the grandiose scheme being put together by some unscrupulous elements aimed at jeopardizing the reputation of Abubakar in the coming days and weeks.

By the merit of what is beginning to unfold, there are plans to create some upset across the country, whereby alleged perpetrators of such crimes will engage in phantom names dropping of Abubakar and some senior personalities in the PDP.

The Media Adviser said that they were fully aware of other plans to plant fictitious stories in some mediocre media outlets with the aim to discredit Atiku and the PDP, his political party.

It, therefore, becomes preponderant that we alert the public of this demonic plan and to say that it will be imprudent to compromise the peace and security of Nigerians in order to score a cheap political goal.

However, Abubakar made a call on the Federal Government to be mindful of its responsibilities to provide security and ensure peace, and to desist from utterances and actions that have the potential of exposing “our fault lines”.

He said that it was regrettable that Buhari’s senior administration officials, would make calculated comments with the aim to tarnish Abubakar’s image and without the government reacting responsibly to them.

The PDP chieftain also demanded that the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed to apologise to him and his political party (PDP).

Justin Nwosu

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