The ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) has urged security agencies to investigate what it termed PDP’s wild and mindless allegations on foiled attack on Atiku.
The opposition Peoples Democratic Part pointed an accusing finger at APC, when some suspected Boko Haram members allegedly attacked the residence of its 2023 presidential candidate, Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in Yola.
But the APC, while reacting to the allegation, described the claim by the main opposition as “wild and bogus allegations”.
It called on the police and the Department of State Service (DSS), to summon the PDP leadership to substantiate their claims.
The ruling party, in a statement issued on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary of APC, Felix Morka, further accused PDP of spreading lies to gain sympathy of the public, saying that, the opposition party PDP has continuously politized serious matters of security and national importance for its ‘pointless and evil agenda’.
He said, PDP already tried to play a victim card after the oppositions wrongly accused APC of plot to intimidate members of the judiciary, seeking to influence the outcome of pending cases before the Election Petitions Courts.
“Acts of terror or involvement in a terrorist plot are heinous crimes under the law and the PDP cannot continue to bandy allegations around without justification.
“Atiku Abubakar is a citizen of Nigeria and deserves the fullest protection of the law. Our law enforcement authorities must protect and investigate any threat to his person, family or assets and prosecute offenders.
“However, Atiku Abubakar’s PDP cannot continue to peddle criminal blackmail and wicked falsehoods in the name of opposition politics, unrestrained and without accountability.
“We call on the Police, Department of State Services (DSS) and other relevant security services to investigate the PDP’s wild and bogus allegations, invite the PDP’s leadership to substantiate these claims and bring the perpetrators to justice.
“Nigerians roundly rejected the PDP at the polls. Rather than engage in some introspection and give the court the time of day to deliver a verdict in the case they have brought challenging the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, they have chosen to busy themselves with swimming in abysmal pool of lies and mischief.
“While vigorously defending our legitimate and popular election mandate in court, our Party will continue to win the hearts and minds of Nigerians through President Tinubu’s strategic program of social and economic development designed to improve the living conditions of our people,” Morka said.