A Spokesman of the Presidential Campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Buba Galadima, on Wednesday, resurfaced after a reported abduction by masked security operatives ahead of last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Mr Galadima was sighted at the press briefing of the PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, at Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja.
He was spotted wearing a brown sleeveless traditional attire with a red face cap.
On Monday, a family source told our correspondent that up till the time of filing thr report, Mr Galadima was nowhere to be found and no contact was made to the family for ransom if at all it was an abduction incidence.
Similarly, checks by the PRNigeria in the Department of State Services, DSS, the Police and military intelligence indicated that Mr Galadima is not held by any of the mentioned security agencies.
Recall that on the heels of Mr Galadima’s reported arrest, a host of opposition voices quickly pointed at the SSS as the agency responsible for his arrest and demanded his immediate release.
Speaking to PRNigeria, the spokespersons of the SSS, the Police and the Army, Peter Afunanya, Frank Mba, Sagir Musa respectively denied arresting the stalwart of PDP campaign council.
Mr Galadima, who was one of the APC leaders that defected to the PDP from the ruling All Progressives Congress, was reported to have been arrested in Abuja on Sunday.
The spokesperson for the Buhari Campaign Organisation, Festus Keyamo, had called for the arrest of Mr Galadima in a statement, accusing him of a plan to “release fake presidential result ahead of INEC, apart from planning to mobilise hoodlums for choreographed protests.
The National Chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus, condemned the alleged arrest of Mr Galadima by security operatives.
Mr Secondus, in a statement Sunday night, said the development was an act of intimidation.
He also demanded the arrest of APC national leader, Bola Tinubu, over bullion vans allegedly seen at his house.
He said: “What crime has he committed? Mr Galadima is constitutionally guaranteed a right of freedom of speech.”
