APC calls for international probe into assassination attempt on Buhari
(Nigeria )
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has called for an international inquiry
into Wednesday's assassination attempt on its leader, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, to
unravel the motive and the perpetrators of the dastardly act that could have
plunged the country into a deep turmoil, had it succeeded.
APC in a statement in Benin ,
Edo State on Sunday by its National
Chairman, Chief John Odigie Oyegun, the party said it does not have the confidence
that the Nigerian security agencies can carry out an impartial investigation,
because they work for the government instead of the nation.
It said the call has become more urgent because the agents
of the Federal Government have started muddling the waters with their sickening
statements and actions on the attack.
''How does one explain a situation in which a man who is
nothing but a pervert is now being paraded as the suspected 'mastermind' of the
attack on Gen. Buhari? At what point was this man, who perhaps is nothing but a
transvestite plying his trade, arrested? Is it not
clear, from the statement released by Gen. Buhari himself
after the attack, that it was clearly the handiwork of a suicide bomber?
''Could the person who drove the vehicle that was rammed
into the General's convoy have survived the explosion that was triggered by that
action? Could the innocent passers-by who died in the blast not have been
arrested and paraded as the 'suspected masterminds' if they had survived the
blast? Clearly, the arrest of the pervert and his sickening description as a
'suspected mastermind' have kick-started the process of muddling the waters, as
is usually the case with such high-profile cases.
''This is why an urgent international inquiry into the
attack is desirable and imperative, and anyone who is committed to an impartial
probe of the attack on the opposition leader should embrace our call,'' APC
said, adding that the insurgency and its spin-offs are now
clearly beyond the capability of this Federal Government.
The party also said the call has been further justified by
the statements and insinuations emanating from the ruling PDP and the residency,
both of which now seem to be pointing accusing fingers at the same party (APC)
that is clearly the target of the failed assassination attempt on one of its
top leaders.
''The questions to ask the purveyors of such repugnant
theories are: Did the late Emir of Kano also stage the attack on his convoy?
Did the other Emirs who were attacked, with at least one of them killed recently,
also stage the attack against themselves? Did Gen. Muhammed Shuwa, who was
killed by gunmen in Maiduguri
in 2012, also stage the
attack on himself?
''We are indeed in very interesting times, times that remind
one of the failed attempt by the Administration of the late military dictator,
Gen. Abacha, to blame pro-democracy group NADECO for the series of deadly
attacks on pro-democracy activists during the tenure of the Administration.
''But we are confident that just as the truth about those
who perpetrated those attacks was eventually revealed, the masterminds of the
failed assassination attempt on our leader will definitely be exposed sooner
than later, whether or not the government agrees to our call for an international inquiry,'' it said.
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