ABUJA: National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has lashed out at the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Atiku Abubakar, saying his attack on the presidential directive to security operatives on tackling ballot box snatching during this weekend’s polls akins to seeking protection for thugs and setting the country on fire.

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has said that President Buhari has violated the constitution of Nigeria by “crossing the immutable line that divides the Executive from the Judiciary.”

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has countered the latest warning given by the Nigerian military, wherein the army warned that it would deal ruthlessly with anybody who dares snatch ballot boxes during coming Saturday’s general election.

The Middle Belt Forum, MBF, disclosed on Tuesday that it is supporting the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar because he had exhibited the intellectual and mental capacity as well as the vitality to address the security challenges in the Middle Belt and the entire nation.

Worried by the possibility of manipulation of the 2019 polls, a group made up of prominent Nigerians, whose membership cuts across the globe, has made a passionate plea to the United Kingdom, the United States of America and the European Union to do all within their powers to ensure that the Nigerian election is conducted peacefully and creditably.