Buhari
ordered the search — Atiku
•You
are whipping up sentiments — Buhari
•It’s
ICAO regulation, says Aviation Minister By Emmanuel Azike, Political Editor,
Favour Nnabugwu & Dirisu Yakubu ABUJA — The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP
presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday alleged that the search on
his plane was a premeditated action directly ordered by President Muhammadu
Buhari as commander-in-chief.
Atiku’s
assertion was immediately rebuffed by Buhari who accused his PDP challenger of
lacking ideas to campaign on and wanting to sustain the culture of impunity by
privileged Nigerians.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Aviation yesterday reiterated that the search on the plane that conveyed Atiku was normal aviation regulation across the world. Controversy enveloped the impending presidential campaign on Sunday when Atiku in a tweet alleged that he was violently searched on return from Dubai. Buhari ordered plane search — Atiku Campaign Responding to the development yesterday, the Atiku Campaign in a statement alleged that the deployment of security men was directly ordered by the President in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief, being the only one so authorised to do so. The campaign also observed that the search of the aircraft had been canvassed in a statement issued by the All Progressives Congress, APC a week ago, yesterday. The Atiku Campaign said: “On November 5, 2018, exactly a week ago today, the All Progressives Congress released an official statement accusing former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of having strategy meetings for the purpose of moving “illicit cash” into Nigeria and they asked the security services to investigate HE Atiku Abubakar and his plane.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Aviation yesterday reiterated that the search on the plane that conveyed Atiku was normal aviation regulation across the world. Controversy enveloped the impending presidential campaign on Sunday when Atiku in a tweet alleged that he was violently searched on return from Dubai. Buhari ordered plane search — Atiku Campaign Responding to the development yesterday, the Atiku Campaign in a statement alleged that the deployment of security men was directly ordered by the President in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief, being the only one so authorised to do so. The campaign also observed that the search of the aircraft had been canvassed in a statement issued by the All Progressives Congress, APC a week ago, yesterday. The Atiku Campaign said: “On November 5, 2018, exactly a week ago today, the All Progressives Congress released an official statement accusing former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of having strategy meetings for the purpose of moving “illicit cash” into Nigeria and they asked the security services to investigate HE Atiku Abubakar and his plane.
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