Immediate past Minister of State for Defence and former PDP Lagos gubernatorial aspirant, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro on Friday chided the All Progressives Congress (APC) over denials that its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari was stoned in Lagos while making his way to the APC Lagos presidential rally.
Senator Obanikoro had condemned the stoning of General
Muhammadu Buhari in Lagos on Friday after the news of his stoning broke via
online news media platforms and went viral across the social media.
The APC on Friday through its spokesperson, Lai Mohammed
denied the report stating that General Buhari was not stoned but rather
received cheers from bystanders.
However, Senator Obanikoro in a statement on Friday issued by Ohimai Amaize, his Special Adviser on Media Strategy, noted that the APC’s denial of Buhari’s stoning in Lagos was not only pointless and futile but also does not give the APC any advantage.
“When things go wrong, we must acknowledge and condemn it in
order to forestall any future occurrences.
“Senator Obanikoro, based on eyewitness accounts is aware of
the stoning incident at Idumagbo area of Isale-Eko, Lagos State and the fact
that a woman was injured in the ensuing fracas after General Buhari's security
detail had to shoot into the air to dispel the irate mob”, the statement noted.
Signed
Ohimai Amaize
Special Adviser (Media Strategy) to Senator Musiliu
Obanikoro
30/01/2015
*** Whose report shall we believe? Anyone else that can testify to what really happened in Lagos yesterday?
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