Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said last night that he was disturbed by the alleged threat to the life of his erstwhile boss,Chief Olusegun Obasanjo,by agents of the federal government.
Abubakar,in a statement, said he was disturbed by โthis turn of events in our dear country considering the huge price that was paid for us to have democracy.โ
He asked government and its agents to โretrace their steps to avoid aggravating the already over heated polity.โ
He added: โThe alert by President Obasanjo is coming against the backdrop of earlier alerts by some leaders, especially those of the opposition of deliberate and orchestrated attempt to intimidate and frame them up.
โI wish to state without equivocation that President Obasanjo is a historical figure in Nigeriaโs democracy and that the primary purpose of government is to provide security of lives and property of all citizens and residents irrespective of their status, political affiliation, religious inclination and ethnic leanings.
โOur nation has lost so much precious lives and property that we can no longer afford to travel that road again.
โI wish to appeal to President Buhari to call the security agencies to order in order to douse the tension in the land.โ
