The former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has called on the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government to urgently investigate attempted Boko Haram attack on the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.
Frank also asked the Tinubu government to beef up security around the former Vice President, even as he called the attention of the calling on the international community to the development in Nigeria.
Frank made the requests after police confirmed that some Boko Haram members made attempt on the life of Atiku on Sunday at his residence in Yola, Adamawa state.
The arrested suspects confessed to Police a grand plot to plant bomb the Modibbo Adama Central Mosque, the residence of the Atiku as well as the American University in Yola.
Reacting to the development Timi Frank described the confessions of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists as troubling and worrisome.
Narrating the incident further, Frank said: “It is quite shocking that this is coming at a time the Federal Government had given assurance to the citizens of the decimation of the dreaded group, let alone an attempt on a high profile personality like H.E Atiku Abubakar.
“Having received the official Police HQ Situation Report, we would like to call on the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency beef up adequate security around the former Vice President, with swift investigation into unraveling the circumstances leading to Atiku as a target by this group.
“There is no gainsaying that it will be foolhardy on the part of the Federal Government treat this security breach with kid gloves as after effects in the event of any eventuality will be enormous for the country to contain.
“Furthermore, we must note that all through the active years of the Boko Haram sect ravaging the North-east not a single attempt was made on the person of H.E Atiku Abubakar, and we are curious as to the timing of this planned attack in this manner.”
He, however, called on International Community to take notice of the attempted attack on Atiku.
