Buhari Petitions Police, SSS, INEC Over Fayoses Death Advert The Presidential Campaign Organisation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the February election, General Muhammadu Buhari, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, over the morbid advert sponsored by Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and published on the cover pages of two national dailies of 19th January, 2015. In the petition signed by the Governor of Rivers State and Director General of the Campaign, Rotimi Amaechi, the APC Campaign Organisation condemned PDP and Fayose for portraying its candidate, General Buhari, as a dead man walking to scare Nigerians from voting for him in the February 14 election. According to the petition, the portrayal of Buhari as likely to die in office just like past northern leaders such as Umaru Musa YarAdua, General Sani Abacha and General Murtala Mohammed was morbid and reckless and that such irresponsible political advert is not only in bad taste, but also capable of undermining law and order in the country. The petition said that insinuating death for a man who is still alive based on unscientific logic or prediction is capable of causing a breach of the peace across the country. The APC Campaign petition also drew the attention of the IGP to the fact that Fayoses advert violated the spirit and letter of the Ambassador Kofi Annan initiative which, which had Nigerian political parties and their presidential candidates sign a peace accord. It therefore urged the IGP to investigate the origin of Fayoses sinister and inhuman advert and call him to order with a view to preventing a repeat of such provocative publication in the interest of peace.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 09:25:13 +0000
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