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| Atiku Abubakar. PDP Presidential Candidate. |
Former
Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has lamented the worsening state of
insecurity in the country and called on the government to show more results in
its responsibility to protect the people instead of blaming opposition
politicians for its own failures.
Reacting
to the latest killing of scores of people in Gandi District of Rabah local
government of Sokoto State, Atiku said he was disturbed by the uncontrolled
violence by bandits who continue to kill poor villagers with impunity.
"I
am genuinely concerned about the large scale losses of lives in Sokoto, Zamfara
and other states under siege by bandits, and I totally condemn such reckless
disregard for the sanctity of life", Atiku said
According
to him, "our people deserve to be secure and should not be made to lose
hope in the face of repeated violence from bandits who continue to defy
government warning."
He
blamed the Buhari administration for politicising the issue. He said instead of
accepting responsibility and taking prompt action to protect the victims, the
Buhari administration was looking for scapegoats to divert attention from its
own failures.
"I'm
disappointed by the recent allegations by the Buhari government that the PDP
leaders are using the so-called looted funds to finance insecurity in the
country. Blame game doesn't help the victims of the banditry in Sokoto and
other places. The people want action and not official rhetoric", Atiku
stated further.
The
PDP presidential candidate explained that it is unhelpful and regrettable for a
sitting government to be blaming the opposition for insecurity in the country
instead of taking responsibility.
"Tell
me why we should kill our own people in order to gain power. Tell me why the
PDP should harm the very citizens whose support it needs to unseat the
incompetent APC administration", he queried.
Atiku
said conspiracy theories by the APC leaders are not useful strategies to
protect the people against mass murderers, adding that conspiracy theories are
signs of laziness and lack of vision and effective strategies to protect the
people.
The
PDP presidential candidate advised the APC government to be courageous enough
to accept responsibility for its lack of vision and for running out of ideas on
how to govern the country.
"Between
2014 and 2015, the APC leaders used conspiracy theories to gain power by
accusing former President Jonathan of financing Boko Haram, and today they are
using the same conspiracy theories against PDP in order to desperately hang on
to power”, he reminded.
Atiku
however said that Nigerians are now wiser and can't buy the APC conspiracy
dummy any longer because the government will be judged by its performance in
the area of security adding that “patience with failure and despair is not an
option for the voters”.
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