‘More people died under APC than people killed in Iraq and Afghanistan’— Atiku

Former vice president Atiku Abubakar Saturday announced before a crowd of supporters in his home state of Adamawa, that he will be running for president on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Speaking on security, Abubakar criticized President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, saying it would be remembered more for loss of lives than any development it brought to Nigerians.

“Today, we are witnessing the most insecure atmosphere,” Abubakar said of the killings. More people died under APC than people killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.”

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On the economy, Abubakar promised that he would cut inflation and unemployment rate in the country, saying Buhari and the APC have displayed a lack of capacity on the economy.

“Today, we have the highest unemployment rate in history of this country, more than one million of our youth are unemployed,” Abubakar said, adding that the PDP would ensure unity and security of life and property.

He added, “Today, we are more divided than at any other time in Nigeria’s history.”

Also speaking at the gathering, PDP national chairman, Uche Secondus, said the lives of Reformed APC (R-APC) leaders are in danger.

Secondus said the APC government is threatening everyone that opposes it, adding that “they can’t kill everybody”.

“PDP is determined to end the circle of continued bloodletting in the country,” Ike Abonyi, media aide to Secondus, quoted the chairman as saying on Saturday.

“A sign of a drowning party, the APC administration is threatening everybody, the lives of reformed APC leaders are now in danger but we are not afraid, they can’t kill everybody.”

Secondus also said the PDP will provide a level playing ground for all aspirants seeking to hold public office. He said the PDP will create jobs for the youth and women because “we know you are not lazy”.

The PDP chairman said the federal government has not been able to release funds to states for projects “because of confusion and corruption that have bedeviled the administration”.

He said the PDP was determined to rescue Nigeria from the APC and the “mess it has created”.

 

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