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From Olanrewaju Lawal Birnin Kebbi
The Advisory Council of the Abubakar Malami Political Movement under the auspices of African Democratic Congress (ADC) has urged the former minister’s supporters to remain calm and allow relevant authorities to investigate the attack on his convoy in Birnin Kebbi.
Chairman of the council, Alhaji Shehu Aliyu Sambawa, in a statement yesterday condemned the assassination attempt on Malami and his supporters.
Sambawa also condemned the last press conference by Senator Muhammad Adamu Aliero-led National Assembly caucus. “Political leaders are known to rise above partisan politics or consideration, especially on the important matter of security of lives and property.
“One would have expected the Senator to condemn the incident and in no uncertain terms, call for calm and a thorough investigation, as well as prosecution of all those involved in the conception, planning and execution of the failed attempt to assassinate the former Minister and leader of the mass movement of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kebbi State, irrespective of political party affiliation.
“Unfortunately, Senator Aliero, like what the other APC stalwarts did before him, chose to cast aspersions and baseless allegations against the person of Malami, in a criminal matter, he knew next to nothing about but chose to speak in a speculative manner and make conjunctures that are devoid of logic.”
He noted that Aliero and other NASS members were not at the scene of the incident and could not get the clear pictures of what transpired.
“For the record, Abubakar Malami, visited his birth place, Birnin-Kebbi, to condole His Royal Highness, the Emir of Gwandu, a close family friend and the families of two other renowned Islamic scholars. Now, who will use a moment of grief, for any mundane affair, talk less of partisan election campaigns?
“The visit was tight and restricted to the houses of the four bereaving families, which were all in Nasarawa Ward 1 in the Birnin-Kebbi metropolis.
“However, on seeing the SAN’s motorcade, the news of his arrival spread like wildfire in the state capital and people from all walks of life trooped to see and/ join his convoy at each of the venues of his scheduled visit, just to catch a glimpse of their political icon. No member of his entourage carried any campaign poster, symbol of the ADC or aired recorded music or played musical instruments. The recorded procession evidenced by social media clips widely circulated attest to this undeniable fact.
“We have no doubt that it was the mammoth crowd that trailed the former Minister’s convoy that triggered the envy of the APC and its political thugs to violently attack the former Minister a few meters’ away from his private residence. We stand to be corrected, by any witness to the unprovoked deadly assault against the former Minister.
“We volunteered to offer this brief on the failed attempt to dismiss or whitewash the criminal conduct of the APC hoodlums because the APC out of desperation offered different versions of how the crime took place all of which are contradictory in details, illogical and repulsive to common sense. It’s hoped that the general public will be properly guided accordingly. The fact remains undeniable that the thugs emerged from the party headquarters and retreated back therein after the assassination attempt.
“It begs to be reiterated, here, that none of the APC spokespersons, was a witness to the criminal assault but defended the indefensible, probably for a fee, of course.
“Finally, we wish to call on all the ADC and Malami’s supporters to remain calm, peaceful and law abiding, while the matter is submitted to relevant authorities for necessary investigation and redress,” he said.
