Presidential candidate of Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the violence that
characterized the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday,
reiterating his earlier stand that his quest for the exalted office is not
worth the blood of any Nigerian.
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According to Atiku, no politician should
celebrate his political gains if they are written in the blood of innocent
Nigerians, and that no Nigerian, including innocent youth corps members,
deserve to die for the sake of any man’s political ambition. In a statement
signed by his media adviser, Paul Ibe, Atiku said those innocent Nigerians that
died won’t be forgotten for their sacrifices, adding that political violence which
is being aided and abetted by desperate politicians, “is giving our democracy a
bad name.”
He added that those who climbed the ladder of human lives to attain
power have brought our democracy into disrepute, stressing it was high time the
Nigerian youth opened their eyes to resist being used to kill and maim. He
explained that any politician who is sincerely interested in the progress of
the youth shouldn’t be using them as cannon fodder for his/her ambition, noting
youths deserve jobs, not death. According to the former Vice President, “the
real enemies worth fighting are poverty, unemployment, hunger, nepotism,
division, despair and uncertain future.”
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