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The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the main opposition political Party in Nigeria, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Walid Jibrin, has alleged that his life is under serious threat of attack for saying that any member of the party is free to contest for the presidency come 2023.
According to him, his life is being threatened for not saying that Atiku Abubakar is the automatic Presidential candidate of the PDP come.
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The BoT chairman while addressing newsmen, said since he granted an interview over the Presidency, he had received anonymous calls threatening his life, adding that the matter never went down well with some people.
“I have received anonymous calls from some people threatening my life for not saying that the party’s presidential candidate should come from the North-East geopolitical zone of the country.
“They said I ought to have said that Atiku Abubakar should be the automatic candidate of the party in 2023.”
Walid argued that whoever wanted to contest was free to do so without necessarily threatening his life.
