In a much as no right thinking Nigerian would condone a situation wher e hoodlums would resort to attacking the campaign convoy of any aspirant and particularly that of President Goodluck Jonathan, care should be taken by the presidency in tackling the development head on.
This is to avoid a situation where there would be high rate of casualty in the event that the presidential guards take a decision to confront the perpetrators.
Attacking the campaign convoy of President Jonathan, shows the peoples disrespect for the office of the president.
The presidency has however warned that the development must be put an end to. Special Adviser to the President on Political Affairs, Professor Rufai Ahmed Alkali in a statement entittled, "This Nonsense Must Stop," argued that the action of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters was a negation of the non-violence peace pact signed recently in Abuja by all the presidential candidates.
According to the statement, "When the peace pact by the major political parties participating in the 2015 general elections was signed, Nigerians heaved a great sigh of relief in the belief that the tensions stocked up in the build up to the campaigns will subside.
"President Jonathan who is also the leader of the PDP blazed the trail in appending his signature to the historic document.
"General Muhammadu Buhari and leaders of other parties also signed, pledging a violence-free electioneering process and rejection of uncouth and inciting language.
"Unfortunately, while President Jonathan and the PDP have remained bound by the letters and spirit of the peace pact, supporters of the APC candidate are having a field day, violating all the terms of the pact and engaging in violence even on the person and entourage of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
"The successive incidents in Katsina and Bauchi States where irate youth supporters of the APC unleashed a reign of terror on the convoy of the President are ominous wind that blows no one any good.
"A situation where any citizen of Nigeria, least of all the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria will be made unsafe in any part of Nigeria is unacceptable and stands condemned.
"Were it not for the maturity and professionalism of the security personnel on the convoy of the President, an ugly scenario provoked by these hooligans would have held sway. We commend the security agents for nipping the situation in the bud."
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