Former
Vice President Atiku Abubakar stood before a cheering crowd in his home state
of Adamawa on Saturday, announcing he will seek the Peoples Democratic Party
ticket for president next February.
Decrying the large-scale killings that have
touched many parts of the country in recent months before thousands packed into
Yola town square at the heart of Nigeria’s north-east, Mr Abubakar said
President Muhammadu Buhari’s government would be remembered more for its
bloodshed than any development it brought to citizens.
“Today, we are witnessing the most insecure
atmosphere,” Mr Abubakar said of the killings largely blamed on herdsmen,
bandits and militias, before promising to tackle them headlong if elected.
“More people died under APC than people killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
Mr Abubakar told a crowd chanting “Atiku!
Atiku!” shortly after 2:00 p.m. that he would curtail inflation and
unemployment rate in the country, saying Mr Buhari and the ruling All
Progressives Congress have displayed a common lack of capacity when it comes to
the issues that matter to citizens the most.
“Today, we have the highest unemployment rate
in history of this country, more than one million of our youth are unemployed,”
Mr Abubakar said, adding that the PDP would secure the country, ensure unity
and security of life and property.
He also hit Mr Buhari at one of his most
vulnerable areas: “Today, we are more divided than at any other time in
Nigeria’s history.”
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