Olusola FabiyiFormer Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has alleged threat to his life and those of his family members. He said the threat was as a result of his desire to contest the 2019 presidential election. Atiku is among the 13 presidential aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. As a result of this, he begged the President to order the deployment of more policemen around him and his family. He said the unknown author of the threat text messages said his family was being watched closely.

Source: Punch September 14, 2018 09:33 UTC