Veteran actor cum politician, Kenneth Okonkwo has blamed Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for President Muhammadu Buhari’s reported stoning.
The President’s convoy and a chopper that flew him were targeted by angry citizens, mostly youths, in Katsina and Kano States.
The APC and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have made counter allegations, each accusing the other of sponsoring the unrest.
In his reaction, Okonkwo stated that Tinubu has committed anti-party activities against APC “more than any member”.
Okonkwo said the former Lagos governor accused the Nigerian leader of using fuel scarcity and naira scarcity to his scuttle ambition.
“Buhari is being stoned now by citizens because of Tinubu’s utterances,” the LP member tweeted.
He urged APC members to prevail on Tinubu to “step down” for Peter Obi who he described as a “competent man of character who will engender a new Nigeria.”
Okonkwo, a lawyer, is one of LP Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, spokespersons.
Meanwhile, Two suspected kidnappers have been apprehended by men of the Kano State Police Command.
During the arrest, two abducted children, Umar Isyaku, 3, and Aliyu Auwal 4 were rescued.
Spokesperson of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, in a statement on Tuesday, January 31, said the suspects, Nura Auwal and Abubakar Lawal, kidnapped the children in Ungogo Local Government Area of the state and demanded N20m from their parents but later settled for N2 million.
The PPRO said the victims were rescued unhurt at an uncompleted building.
“On 26/01/2023, reports were received from one Isyaku Salisu, m and Auwal Sale, m, residents of Bachirawa Quarters, Ungogo LGA, Kano State that their children, Umar Isyaku, m, 3 years old and Aliyu Auwal, m, 4 years old respectively were kidnapped, and handwritten letters with mobile phone numbers and bank account details were sent to them for communication and payment of ransom. Twenty Million Naira (N20,000,000:00) was demanded but later settled at Two Million Naira (N2,000,000:00) each,” the statement read.
“On receipt of the reports, the Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command, CP Mamman Dauda, psc(+) raised and instructed teams of Operation Restore Peace led by SP Aliyu Muhammad Auwal, Officer in Charge of Anti-Kidnapping Squad, State Criminal Investigation Department, Kano State Command to rescue the victims and arrest the culprits.
“The teams simultaneously swung into action. Sustained efforts coupled with intelligence-led operations resulted in the arrest of two suspects; one Nura Auwal, ?m?, 22 years old, of Rijiyar Lemo Quarters Kano, and his accomplice, one Abubakar Lawal, m, 22 years old, of Bachirawa Quarters Kano. Victims were rescued unhurt at an uncompleted building.
“On preliminary investigation, the suspects confessed to having conspired and kidnapped the two children and sent letters to their parents with phone numbers and bank account details requesting a ransom. Suspects will be charged to court upon completion of the investigation.”
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