Former Vice President and New PDP leader, Atiku Abubakar has called on the Inspector General of Police Abubakar Mohammed to withdraw the policemen from the NEW PDP secretariat in Abuja.
Abubakar who is engaged in faraway China meeting with Chinese business community in a private capacity, released a statement saying the clampdown on the secretariat was borne out of intolerance.
The statement partly reads, “While it is embarrassing that the police have yet to give a reason on why they are laying siege to a political party office, the whole world knows these are acts prompted by unscrupulous politicians, who do not even have the moral conscience not to involve the police in politics.
“I call on the leadership of the Nigerian Police, especially its Inspector-General, to steer clear of political entanglements, and immediately vacate our party’s office. Our national law enforcement priority must be the safety and security of Nigerians, not politics.”
He added that the police would better use their resources to track and rescue a top Christian clergy, a top lawyer andsenior advocate and countless others currently being held captive by kidnappers.