The threat to Gov Ishaku’s life


The 2019 gubernatorial election in Taraba State has come and gone, thanks to God Almighty. The worst did not happen as the doomsday sayers had wished for the state. They had wished that the elections should not hold but should rather be disrupted through crisis that would provide enough reason and an opportunity for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to be announced as winner. That opportunity did not materialize, thanks to Governor Darius Ishaku for demonstrating uncommon commitment to peace and for ensuring that those out to foment trouble and cause confusion did not have that opportunity.

The election took place and we now have a winner. Sadly, however, the losers have been unable to manage their loss. The bitterness of the defeat has not only lingered in the APC, it has become very intoxicating and has given birth to some evil plots being hatched against Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku, the winner.

 A few days after the results of the election were announced, a certain young man known as Abdullahi Aliyu stormed the social media platform with the threat of a plot to assassinate Governor Ishaku.  The threat is currently a source of anxiety and worry everywhere in the state and beyond. 

Aliyu went a step further in his social media posting by congratulating Governor Ishaku’s deputy, Engineer Haruna Manu, in advance, and urging him to prepare himself to become the next Governor of Taraba State soon after Governor Ishaku would have been eliminated. The arrest and interrogation of Aliyu have since provided enough reason why the threat to Ishaku’s life as expressed by the suspect should not be ignored. It is obvious that he was speaking for some political godfathers in the APC still nursing the wounds of defeat.

Some details of the plot already in the public domain are indeed very frightening. Aliyu said Ishaku would be killed by the bullet. But there are also indications from additional findings in security quarters that an organized plane crash, a bomb attack or poison could also be employed to achieve this evil motive. And the only reason for this evil plan against Ishaku is that he, and not the candidate of the APC, won the gubernatorial election.


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