By Celephina Onovo
Chief Paul Unongo, former Benue State governor has been berated by the South East Chapter of Atiku Solidarity Movement 2019 over his allegation that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is behind the recent killings by the Boko Haram religious sect in the state.
The body on Wednesday described the statements credited to Unongo as
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar
unbecoming of a man who calls himself an elder statesman, and threatened legal action against Unongo as well as to embark on a five million man protest if he fails to apologise to Atiku within seven days.
The South East coordinator of Atiku Solidarity Movement 2019 and National Organizing Secretary of Dynamic Youths of Nigeria (DYON), Obi Egbeji who spoke to reporters in Awka on Wednesday, said, “Our attention has been drawn to statements credited to the former governor of Benue State, Chief Paul Unongo accusing our Principal Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of master minding the recent Boko Haram killings in Benue State.
“It is indeed unfortunate that a man who should be respected as an elder statesman choose to condescend to the level of a fifth columnist and now pride himself as a rumour monger by making malicious and undignified statements against one of the pillars of our country’s democratic process in the name of Atiku Abubakar.
“It is indeed on record that President Muhammadu Buhari’s fight against terror has been unimpressive and smacks of an administrator who appears to be over whelmed by the challenges of his office.
“Instead of Unongo addressing the poor state of security occasioned by the failure of the APC lead governments to protect lives and property, he has chosen to name calling and false alarmism.
“We hereby issue a seven day ultimatum to Unongo for him to apologise to Atiku and also withdraw his statements, because we have concluded discussions with our legal team to sue him for slander and deformation of character.
“We shall also carry out a five million man protect against Unongo and his co-travelers in their shameless enterprise of peddling falsehood to the detriment of innocent Nigerians,” he said.