Chairman, Board of Trustees of the People’s Democratic Party,
Senator Walid Jibrin, has said his life is under threat of attack for failing
to say that Atiku Abubakar should be the automatic candidate of the party in
2023.
The BoT chairman said since he
granted an interview over the Presidency, he had received anonymous calls threatening
his life.
Jibrin had recently hinted that
the party would soon commence a high-level consultation and search for credible
candidate to fly the party’s flag for the 2023 Presidency.
He said he had received threat calls of an imminent attack on him
“for not saying that the PDP” should zoned the 2023 Presidency to the
North-East geopolitical zone of the country.
The BoT chairman said, “I have
received anonymous calls from some people threatening my life for not saying
that the party’s presidential candidate should come from the North-East
geopolitical zone of the country.
“They were saying that I am a
traitor that I should have come out to say that it is only Atiku Abubakar
because I said that Atiku was already overthrown by the supreme court.
“They said for that I should say Atiku is the man that I want.”
Walid argued that whoever wanted
to contest was free to do so without necessarily threatening his life.
He added that some faceless people
had even gone to the PDP National Secretariat at Wadata Plaza, saying that
those that went there had the intention to deal with him.
While saying he remained
unperturbed to threat from faceless people, Walid noted that he received
similar threats during the ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration
because he was considered to be too frank about party matters.
He said he had since petitioned
the Inspector- General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, over the development.
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