Ogun Rally: Attack on Buhari, Osinbajo treasonable, says Falana

Lawyer and activist, Femi Falana (SAN) has said that the stoning
of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo by
supporters of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) during last
Monday’s campaign of the All Peoples Congress (APC) in Abeokuta was
treasonable.

Reacting to the ugly incident Wednesday, Falana expressed regret
that the Police has not arrested anybody in connection with the
attack on the President, his Vice and other leaders of the APC.

He said Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State cannot absolve
himself of the blame as the chief security officer of the
state.

He regretted that governor Amosun visited Abuja several times
before last Monday’s campaign with the governorship candidate of
the APM, Adekunle Akinlade, the President welcomed them to the
villa.

He said the governor ought to have been told long before the
campaign that his activities were anti-party.

The lawyer also blamed the various security agencies in the
state for the incident noting that they did nothing to prevent or
stop the attack on the President.

He said the security agencies, despite knowing that it was APC
rally allowed another party and its supporters to infiltrate the
venue.

Falana contended that this ugly situation persisted because
Police and other security agencies that should be alive to their
responsibilities did nothing about it.

He recalled that in 2007, when former President Olusegun
Obasanjo openly canvassed support for Dr Olusegun Agagu against Dr
Segun Mimiko.

He also recalled that some time ago, supporters of former Oyo
state governor, Chief Rasheed Ladoja and Alao Akala clashed and six
people died, the Police did not arrest nor prosecute anybody over
the incident.

Falana lamented the spate of disrespect and other acts against
the person of the President of the country by the opposition,
describing it as an insult against his office.

He recalled that during presentation of the 2019 budget, when
the president was booed by some members of the National Assembly,
the only thing he said was that ‘the world is watching’, noting,
“here in Abeokuta, he kept quiet and allowed the situation to
degenerated”.

He said when the President was attending rally of the APC,
similar incident happened in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and Imo
State in particular where the state governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha
was campaigning for Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) gubernatorial
candidate, nobody was cautioned.