The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has accused the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar of plotting to set the country on fire.
The former Edo Governor also reacted to the allegation by the PDP that the ruling party imported smart card readers from China to be deployed in certain parts of the country.
Oshiomhole also said that Atiku was seeking protection for thugs and plotting to set the country on fire by his attack on the presidential directive to security operatives on tackling ballot box snatchers during this weekend’s polls.
Oshiomhole spoke Tuesday night with journalists at his private office in Aso Drive, Abuja.
He said, “There is no responsible candidate down to the House of Assembly who will find fault in any pronouncement that seeks to discourage thuggery in the coming elections.
“So, for a man who is aspiring to preside over a country like Nigeria to seek protection for thuggery, to seek cover for thuggery, even as he has already said he would grant amnesty to looters, I do not think Nigerians have any basis to doubt that Atiku Abubakar’s mission is to set Nigeria on fire just so that he can become president even if he will preside over a graveyard.
“Only those who rely on thuggery can find fault with the President’s directive.”
He added, “We are not like stammerers who look for a fight because they cannot win an argument.
“Assuming, without conceding that it is true, it means Atiku is working hand in hand with the ICT unit in INEC to know the kind of card readers that are deployed to a particular location.
“INEC being independent as it is, I am not in a position to determine where the card readers would be deployed or where they were imported from.”
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