The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied the concocted story by former Minister of State for Defence Musiliu Obanikoro that the party's presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, was pelted with stone during the party's rally in Lagos, saying a lie has never worn a bolder face.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its National
Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said Gen. Buhari and
other top leaders of the APC rode in a open bus from the Palace of the
Oba of Lagos to the Teslim Balogun Stadium venue of the rally, to great
cheers from Lagosians who lined the route.
''Not once was he pelted with stone during the almost
two-hour ride. It is obvious that those who were paid by Mr. Obanikoro
to stone the General failed to deliver. We therefore urge him to seek a
refund of whatever money he paid to his hired hands to pelt Gen. Buhari
with stones,'' it said.
APC said Obanikoro's statement on an imaginary attack on
Gen. Buhari in Lagos must be his own way of saying 'thank you' to his
masters for nominating him as Minister on Friday, as his reward for
ceding the gubernatorial ticket he claimed to have won to Jimi Agbaje.
The party thanked the good people of Lagos for turning out
in unprecedented numbers to welcome Gen. Buhari to Lagos, saying the
Centre of Excellence has never witnessed such a huge and cheery crowd.
Alhaji Lai MohammedNational Publicity Secretary
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Lagos, Jan. 30th 2015
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