Thirty-year-old Mr. Mohammed Gundarre who lurched to President Muhammadu Buhari at Agriculture Show in Argungu, Kebbi State on Thursday, March 12 has denied that he had ulterior motive when he attempted to move close to the president and shake him during a photo session at the event.
Addressing journalists yesterday in Birnin Kebbi, the unemployed graduate of Public Administration from Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, said he has “emotional love for Mr. President the person whom I know is nurtured with integrity and honesty and he is incorruptible and right driven.
‘Even if I died yesterday (Thursday) I would have been contented that I have achieved my mission to move close to Mr. President and touch him one on one.
“You know that emotional love can divert and taint your total faculty of reasoning and that was what really happened yesterday,” he said in an emotion-laden tone.
He apologised for breaching protocol and debunked reports that he was shot and tortured by security operatives
“I was told about the misinterpretation of my action in the media, although I was not opportune to view the clip.
“Please, I am alive, the DSS did not torture me, nobody has tortured me apart from what happened at the venue when I was forced to the car,” he added.
Excerpts from the speech
“My name is Mohammed Jamilu Gunddare from Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area of Kebbi State.
“Yesterday (Thursday) was a different day for me because as a graduate of Public Administration who graduated with 2nd Class Lower, it took me a lot of courage and dreams to attempt to get to Mr. President despite the fact that there was tight security architecture within the venue.
“I am sorry for the disturbances I caused. It was emotional love I have for Mr. President the person whom I know is nurtured with integrity and honesty and he is incorruptible and right driven.
“No Nigerian and even beyond has ever questioned the consistency, integrity, honesty and righteous disposition of the president on either national issue or even his own personal life.
“He has worked as military administrator, minister, military head of state and civilian president (and) by all accounts no case of corruption had been attributable to him.
“From the time he became president, no one has ever questioned whether the national resources were squandered by the president.”
