Emerging report reaching 36 on Monday, indicates that men of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, have arrested some suspects that intended to attack the 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, and some organisations associated with him,
This was disclosed in a statement by the Atiku Media Office, Yola, the Adamawa State capital.
The statement reads in full:
We wish to alert the Nigerian public that at about 9:44pm, on Sunday, 23 July, 2023m a man seeking to confirm the residence of His Excellency Atiku Abubakar, in Yola, was apprehended at the gate of the residence.
The man who was apprehended by Security Operatives at the residence of Atiku Abubakarm was later handed over to the Police.
Upon further interrogation by the Police, the suspect identified himself as a 29 year-old Jubrila Mohammed, and confessed to being a Boko Haram member from Damboa, in Borno State.
The suspect also informed the Police that he and his colleagues, who were later arrested too, intended to attack organisations associated with Atiku Abubakar, and some other sensitive locations in Yola.
All four suspects have been handed over to Military authorities.
We commend the Police for the work that they continue to do in this particular investigation.
We further ask that other relevant Security Agencies remain on top of their brief.
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