El-Rufai: Withdrawal Of Tambuwal’s Security Details Plot By FG To Assassinate Him!

Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and governorship
aspirant in Kaduna State on the platform of the All Progressives
Congress, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, in Kaduna on Friday, alleged that the
withdrawal of the security details of the Speaker, House of
Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, was a ploy by the Federal Government
to eliminate him (Speaker).
El-Rufai, who accused President Goodluck Jonathan of orchestrating the
withdrawal of Tambuwal's security aides, alleged that the Speaker was
one of the targets of snipers being purportedly trained by agents of
the government.
Speaking to journalists after picking his expression of interest and
nomination forms to contest the Kaduna governorship election in 2015
yesterday, el-Rufai, who is presently Deputy National Secretary of the
APC, maintained that Tambuwal was one of the targets of the killer
squad.
"That was why the Inspector-General of Police, on the order of
Jonathan, withdrew the Speaker security aides", he added.
Warning that no harm must befall the Speaker, the governorship
aspirant noted that it was irresponsible on the part of the
Inspector-General of Police and the Federal Government to have
withdrawn Tambuwal's security details.
He explained that the withdrawal was done deliberately so as to pave
the way for the "killer squad" to eliminate the Speaker for defecting
to the APC.
According to el-Rufai, the removal of the Speaker's security is part
of the continuation of the Jonathan-led government's penchant for
impunity.
He, however, reminded the Jonathan government that impunity had
limitations and called on the Nigerian government to learn from
Burkina Faso when the people were fed up with the government.
El-Rufai said, "The withdrawal of Tambuwal's security aides is on the
order of the President Goodluck Jonathan. The IG doesn't act that way.
The president ordered the IG to order the removal; its just the
continuation of the
Jonathanian impunity.
"This people have no respect for the law. They have no respect for
rules. They think they are in power to abuse their control of coercive
instruments of power and we should warn them that impunity has limits.
If anything happens to Tambuwal (Speaker), the whole world would hold
them responsible.
"He (Speaker) was on the list of those to be taken out by snipers. So,
if anything happens to him, we know that it was done intentionally so
that this will succeed.
"They should look across Burkina Faso and see what is happening when a
government overstays its welcome or engages in wanton impunity. They
should learn from history. I think it is very irresponsible on the
part of IG and the government to do that".
The former minister also warned the police and other security agents
to desist from being partisan ahead of the 2015 general elections,
saying Nigerians were fed up with the current government of the
Peoples Democratic Party.