Asiwaju Bola Tinubu
Despite court verdicts against the use of the military in Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections, there are moves to muzzle All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in Lagos and the Southwest.
It was gathered that the Army may have directed an “operation ground APC leaders in Lagos on elections day”.
It was also learnt that Chief of Army Staff Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah will relocate to Lagos on Saturday.
At the final coordinating conference for the elections last Friday, it was directed that key APC leaders must be prevented by troops from leaving their homes on election day.
According to the plan, armoured tanks are to be deployed in front of the homes of key leaders, including Governor Babatunde Fashola and APC National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The army, it was learnt, mandated a sector commander in Lagos to take charge of the operation to stop Tinubu from leaving his home on election day. Other officers were also assigned to take charge in the houses of other opposition leaders.
The APC has consistently raised the alarm over the plan by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to witch-hunt its leaders, in addition to either arresting them on the eve of the elections or blocking them in their houses on election day.
The opposition has argued that the ruling party has the capacity to use the military to influence elections as it did with last year’s governorship election in Ekiti State.
The activities of the military in the Ekiti elections have come under focus since the release of an audio on the plot to rig the poll, with Brig-Gen. Aliyu Momoh taking instructions from Minister of Police Affairs Jelili Adesiyan, former Minister of State for Defence Musiliu Obanik
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