PDP, APC Clash Over Attack On Buhari's Convoy

The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) blame each other for a recent attack on a former head of state, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), in Kaduna.

Buhari's convoy was hit by the blast on Wednesday, July 23, in Kaduna, while another blast targeted a Muslim cleric moments earlier. These explosions left scores dead and several others injured.

The PDP leadership, yesterday, said the APC could not exonerate itself from insurgency incidents in some parts of the country.

Meanwhile, the APC Senator representing Osun Central, Professor Olusola Adeyeye, was blunt in declaring that the PDP should take responsibility for what he called "the assassination attempt" on Buhari.

"Boko Haram has not claimed responsibility for the attack on Buhari. From all indications, Muslims were not the ones who attacked him, neither were they Christians. I am sure those who attacked Buhari were sponsored by the PDP," Adeyeye said.

And former Niger-Delta militant leader, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, who is also the leader of Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Force, NDPSF, yesterday, exploded, saying Buhari masterminded the attack on himself.

Claiming he knew the erstwhile Nigerian leader so well, the former militant leader said Buhari was not known to be driven in a bullet-proof car prior to the incident, alleging that the use of an armoured jeep in his motorcade started recently which confirmed his stand.

In the meantime, the Primate of the Anglican Church, Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, said the attack on Buhari was an indication that nobody in the country was free from bombings by the Islamist Boko Haram group.

Addressing the third session of the second Synod of Anglican Church, Diocese of Kubwa, he said the "attempt on the life of General Buhari sends signal of serious insecurity in the country."

Source: Legit.ng