“Obasanjo And I Have Agreed To Save Nigeria” – Atiku

 

Former Vice President and frontline runner for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, stated on Monday that he had signed a pact with former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on how to save Nigeria from its current unenviable state.

Speaking with BBC Hausa Service monitored in Abuja, Atiku revealed that a closed-door meeting he recently had with the former president at the Otta Farm, Ogun state, was fruitful and was in the best interest of Nigeria.

He regretted in the course of the programme that a piece of advice he offered President Goodluck Jonathan in the past on the need to effect plans that would lead to the successful enlistment of volunteers like ‘Civilian JTF’ into the Nigerian military was not given consideration. Continue reading....

 Speaking earlier on the presidential primaries of the APC which is fast afoot, Atiku assured that; “There is no problem that will arise after our primaries because we are one and will work for whoever that emerges.”
He then went on to comment on his visit to Obasanjo, of which he noted: “We discussed challenges our country is facing, and we reached a pact that we will work together and ensure that our country is out of the mess we are in presently.”

When asked whether he thinks elections could still go on in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states considering the given that Boko Haram terrorists hold sway in some territories within the states, the former Vice President said, “Yes, I agree that there are territories in Yobe, Adamawa and Borno that are under these terrorists, but this cannot stop elections.

“We have seen many countries with similar situation but they still went ahead and had successful elections in peace and calm,” he added.

While objecting to the assumption that politicians were wholesomely not bothered about insurgency but just about jostling for political power, the presidential aspirant said, “It is not true that we don’t bother. All the places we went, you will see us expressing concern and coming up with solution and giving support to the country.

“It is not true that we care less. I have once advised that the volunteers should be properly enlisted into the military because it will help. They know the terrain and, looking at the situation at hand, security shouldn’t be left for government alone; we should equally play our role and support them,” he posited.