A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,
Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, on Friday condemned the withdrawal of security
details attached to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu
Tambuwal and described the action as the highest level of impunity by
the Peoples Democratic Party led Federal Government against its
perceived political enemies.
In an interview with Channels Television shortly after he picked the
governorship nomination and expression of interest forms at the All
Progressives Congress (APC) secretariat in Kaduna, El-Rufai alleged that
the withdrawal of Tambuwal’s security details on the orders of the
Inspector General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abbah, was a plot by the
Federal Government to expose the Speaker to great danger.
He recalled that the speaker was among
the 1,000 prominent Nigerians pencilled down for elimination by snippers
allegedly groomed by President Goodluck Jonathan.
The former minister accused President Jonathan of being the
mastermind of the withdrawal of the Speaker’s security details and
warned that no harm must befall the Speaker.
He further explained that the withdrawal of Tambuwal”s security
details was deliberate because of the Speaker’s defection from Peoples
Democratic Party to the APC, and however warned the police and other
security agencies to desist from being partisan in the 2015 general
elections.
“Nigerians are fed up with the current PDP government both in Kaduna State and at the federal level,” he said.
On what informed his decision to contest for the governorship seat in
Kaduna State, El-rufai said he was in the race to salvage Kaduna from
the maladministration of the present PDP government in the state, and
explained that security, job creation and infrastructural development
would form the main priority of his government if elected as governor in
2015. He also debunked the people’s fear that he would demolish illegal
houses in the state when elected governor of Kaduna State in 2015.
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