- The presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, returned to Nigeria in the early hours of Sunday, November 11
- The former vice-president returned from Dubai in a private jet around 12am, after spending over two weeks outside the country
- Atiku said he was search by agents of the state on arrival from the United Arab Emirates
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, returned to Nigeria in the early hours of Sunday, November 11 to a thorough search by state security agents.
The former vice-president returned from Dubai in a private jet around 12am, after spending over two weeks outside the country.
The Adamawa-born politician confirmed via a tweet that he was thoroughly searched by agents of the state, but added that he can't be intimidated.
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Confirming the incident, a political ally of Atiku, Comrade Timi Frank, said the plot to embarrass Atiku on arrival from Dubai was a failure.
Frank, a former deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has revealed that Atiku was thoroughly searched by a special squad of security men deployed by the presidency for some hours with recording gadgets on them and in and around Atiku's aircraft.
According to Frank, plan to also drop bags of foreign currencies and other implicating things in Atiku's aircraft on his arrival was also unsuccessful.
In a statement sent to Legit.ng on Sunday, November 11, Frank said the security men and the presidency were disappointed when nothing implicating could not be found on either Atiku or his aircraft.
“I have been saying it that the PDP presidential candidate is not safe under this administration because the Buhari's administration is deploying all manners of devilish strategies to nail all the opposition leaders especially, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
“We are using this medium to inform the international community to also take note of how Buhari administration is intimidating the opposition presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who has served Nigeria as vice president for eight years,” Comrade Frank said.
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Comrade Frank recently called on the governors of Imo, Rochas Okorocha; Zamfara, Abdullaziz Yari; Ogun, Ibikunle Amosun; and Senator Magnus Abbey to join the next batch of defectors from the APC to the PDP.
In a statement sent to Legit.ng on Friday, November 9, Comrade Frank told the governors and the senator to stop crying unnecessarily and leave the APC which he described as a "sinking ship."
The Bayelsa-born politician also recalled how he severally warned the leadership of APC and the presidency about the current problems befalling the party before he resigned his membership but was ignored.
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