Mr. Ben Murray-Bruce, the Senator Representing Bayelsa East constituency at the National Assembly, has spoken against what he described as as “reckless harassment” of Akitu Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
The senator alleged that security agencies at the airport harassed the former vice president when he arrived Nigeria on Sunday afternoon.
Naija News recalls that the PDP candidate have, immediately after winning the party’s ticket travelled to Dubai where he had been for about two weeks.
However, taking to his verified Twitter handle @benmurraybruce, the senator tweeted, “I totally condemn this reckless harassment of @atiku the candidate of the @OfficialPDPNig as he landed in Abuja.
“Nigeria is not a fascist state. We will not return to a jackboot dictatorship. This government should face Atiku at the polls, not with force.”
I totally condemn this reckless harassment of @atiku the candidate of the @OfficialPDPNig as he landed in Abuja. Nigeria is not a fascist state. We will not return to a jackboot dictatorship. This government should face Atiku at the polls, not with force https://t.co/CfPpeugMud
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) November 11, 2018
While it cannot be independently verified if the senator was on the plane with Atiku, The Punch understands the senator seemed to have based his allegation on a publication by an online platform, Blueprint. He attached the publication to his tweet.
The online publication had reported that: “Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has returned from his vacation trip to Dubai around 1:30am, even as a special security squad comprises of (sic) Army, Police, Custom and Immigration officers were allegedly deployed by the presidency to do a thorough searching of tne former Vice President and his aircraft.
source https://www.naijanews.com/2018/11/11/ben-bruce-accuses-security-agency-of-harassing-atiku-on-arrival-from-dubai/
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