Security Swoops On Aliyu’s Poster Printing Press

• Governor Dissociates Self

Governor of Niger state, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has disassociated himself from posters and billboards (erected in some parts of the country) announcing his interest to run for 2015 presidential race.

Aliyus’ reaction comes just as security operatives, Saturday, swooped on printing press in Kaduna State where his purported 2015 campaign materials were allegedly printed.

The arrest comes two weeks after Rivers State Governor, Dr. Rotimi Amechi, dissociated himself from his 2015 ambition’s presidential posters pasted all over the Niger state capital, Minna, and other towns in the state.

The campaign poster of Aliyu, which bears the logo of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has the inscription: “Vote for Change, Chief Servant, Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu (Talban Minna) for Presidency 2015 Insha Allah”.

The posters were said to have been neatly packaged and labeled for dispatched to Suleja, Abuja and Minna before security agents swooped on the printing press. It was gathered a faceless group by the name, Concerned Citizens for Change and Transparency, was behind the production of the materials.

A combined team of the Nigerian Police and the State Security Services (SSS), acting on a tip-off, stormed the press where copies of the A3-sized posters were wrapped and ready for mailing to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and major towns in Niger state.

Reacting to the poster in Minna on Saturday during North Central Geopolitical Zone Security Awareness Workshop, Aliyu described the action as the handiwork of mischief makers.

He told the gathering, which had top security officers, that he had not printed or contracted anyone to print posters for his 2015 presidential ambition while appealing to security operatives to destroy the materials and arrest those behind their production.

The governor said sponsors are out to cause mischief, thereby overheating the polity and that their intention is to cause disaffection between him and the ruling party.

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