The Nigeria Police Force has arrested one Augustus Akpan, 43, for
allegedly threatening former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, to withdraw from
the presidential race.
The Force Spokesman, DCP Jimoh Moshood, disclosed this in a statement
to NAN on Wednesday.
He said that the suspect hailed from Edemaya village in Ikot Abasi Local
Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
Moshood said that one Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge cell phone and a SIM card
used by the suspect to send the threat messages to Atiku were recovered from
the suspect.
He said that the suspect sent a text message which reads:
“Turaki Atiku, we are watching you and your family, we ask you right
now to withdraw from the race for Presidency, we will kill, rape your wife and
daughters.
“That your ambitious and black daughter, Maryam, who worked at CBN and
left because we were going to mess her up. ”
“We will molest, rape, deform her and kill her. Your daughter Fatimah
the former Commissioner of Health in Adamawa State, we have a lot of
information about her,” he said.
“Let Buhari run against your PDP members. We know that you are bigger
than all those candidates in PDP. That is why we need you to step down.
“We will blow your plane off from the sky and we will poison you and
your family. Atiku Abubakar, take our words for granted and watch what will
happen to your family before you.
“You are going to see what we will do to you and your family. We know
where and where your children travel to. We have watched your daughter who is a
strong supporter of her father (your daughter Maryam) at number 5, Buzi close
and number 5, Lake Maracaibo close.
“Tell your dad to step down. He should forget about the Presidency. If
he refuses, we will blow up his plane the Gulf Stream from the sky and also
rape you and kill of his daughters,”he said.
The spokesman said that the suspect was arrested at the toll-gate
along Lagos-Ibadan express way, while on the run to escape arrest.
“During interrogation, he confessed to the crime and admitted that he
resorted to the threat and intimidation when all efforts to extort money from
the former Vice President were unsuccessful,” he said.
Moshood said that the suspect also admitted that he was a professional
fraudster and not working for any political party.
He quoted the suspect as saying that the ‘Let Buhari run against your
PDP members’ in his threat message to the former Vice President was merely to
divert attention.
“Investigation is being concluded and suspect will be arraigned in
court on completion of investigation,” he said.
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