Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Walid Jibrin, has raised the alarm over threat to his life. Addressing journalists on Thursday in Kaduna, Jibrin said he had received calls from some people threatening his life for not saying that the PDP’s Presidential ticket be zoned to the north east when he addressed the media last week. He said he had petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) over the issue. Jibrin said: “I have received call from some people threatening my life over my coming out not to mention that the presidency of this country be zoned to the North East. “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.”
He said there is no how he could single handedly declare anyone as a Presidential candidate of the party as it is the duty of stakeholders to select a candidate. “ I am a leader, I have to make a lots of consultations with National Working Committee, our Governors, then the NEC had to take decision and they should not forget the party has a constitution and a guideline which says there must be primary for whoever wants to contest. “We have not even discussed about zoning so why are some people….?” he said. He stated further that “about three people went to Wadata Plaza (the party secretariat in Abuja) and demanded to see Munir Yerima. “ When they were there, Yerima rang me saying where I are mine and I said I am in Kaduna, then he said some people want to talk to me and I said let me talk to them on phone, he said they are intermediary between me and some party people.More in Home
“They said I have gone astray and if I don’t recant they would arrange bandits to deal with me wherever I go. “So I told the man to go and do whatever he wants to do that I am equal to the task. Then I realised it’s only a demonstration but they may be planning to assassinate me. “I have written to the Director General of the DSS and the IGP to ensure that the matter is seriously handled as people can’t stand on their own. “I am an elder statesman, in the party and in Northern Nigeria. I am a Fulani man who has tried to stop the threats of militant Fulani in my Local government in my state. “I am a very religious person who cannot even kill a rat or even an ant, yet people are trying to harass me, to assassinate me. I want the police to give me protection and stop this harassment.
