allegation is becoming a serious issue in President
Jonathan's administration.
As earlier reported, Obasanjo accused President
Jonathan of using Major Al Mustapha to train snipers
to be used in killing his political opponents come
2015.
In this recent interview with Sunday Punch, ex-Head
of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.); Rivers
State Governor Rotimi Amaechi; a former Osun State
Governor and Interim Chairman of the All
Progressives Congress, Bisi Akande; and a former
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir
el-Rufai, have accused President Goodluck Jonathan
of planning to kill them.
On Saturday the politicians accused President
Jonathan of putting their names on a sniper list.
El-Rufai had on Thursday named the top politicians
as some of the persons on President Jonathan's
watch list. When our correspondents sought their
reactions, on Saturday, they agreed with the FCT
minister, saying they were targets for being in the
opposition to the ruling government.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo had in an 18-
page letter to Jonathan, dated December 2, 2013,
accused the President of training snipers and putting
1,000 people on a watch list. He also accused
Jonathan of having a killer-squad.
But the Presidency dismissed the allegation, swiftly.
It insisted on Saturday that President Goodluck
Jonathan had no watch or hit list as being speculated
by certain persons.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and
Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, reacted on behalf of the
Presidency in an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH.
El-Rufai, on his Twitter account on Thursday,
identified the top politicians as Buhari, Tinubu,
Amaechi, Akande and himself as some of those on
the watch list. The ex-minister stressed that he was
number seven on the list.
"I am number seven on the GEJ (Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan) sniper list, so I will only worry when GMB
(General Muhammadu Buhari), Asiwaju (Tinubu),
Amaechi, Akande, etc, are killed," he tweeted.
The following day, he added, "They plot and plan,
and God too plans; but the best of planners is God. —
Qur'an 8:30 … God protects us"
In his response, Akande told one of our
correspondents that his life was in the hands of God,
noting that the mysteries surrounding previous
killings with political undertone had yet to be
unravelled by security agencies.
Akande's media aide, Lani Baderinwa, who spoke
with SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday, said it won't be
out of place if the APC Chairman was placed on the
watch list, being the leader of the opposition in the
country today.
"You and I know that Nigeria is a country where
anything goes and illegal actions are the order of the
day. What else can he do than to be hoping that the
wish of the enemies will not come to pass in his life,"
he asked.
He said the watch list allegation became more
substantive as it came from an insider who knew the
workings of the government.
"It was not Chief Akande who actually made the
allegation (of a watch list); it was the former
President (Olusegun Obasanjo) who has access to
everything that the incumbent has, you cannot deny
that fact. Therefore, it is difficult to say it is not true.
The life of a man is in the hands of God, to be or not
to be. Chief Akande remains unshaken." he noted.
To me the oga at the top looks like a man that can't
hurt a fly talk less of fellow human being.
Do you believe President Jonathan is capable of doing
this ?
Sent From David Aniemeka
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