Coups: Atiku Abubakar Sets Challenge for PDP, Promises Comeback
- Amid the escalating coups in Africa, Atiku Abubakar, a top chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has credited his party for the democratic stability in Nigeria
- Military personnel held power in Nigeria from 1966 to 1999 with an interregnum from 1979 to 1983
- Although unable to regain power since being defeated in 2015, Atiku expressed optimism that the PDP will "bounce back to give Nigerians a responsive government"
FCT, Abuja - The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has praised the party for taking “a leading role in the deconstruction of military rule in Nigeria”.
Atiku, in a statement issued by his media office on Friday, September 1, challenged the opposition party to “once again, rise to the occasion in cancelling the structural deficiencies” that Nigerians have ‘endured’ since the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) took over power in 2015.
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Atiku: PDP will give Nigerians responsive govt
The former vice-president vowed that his party “will bounce back” politically.
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He said as quoted by The Punch and The Cable:
“Of course, the PDP took a leading role in the deconstruction of military rule in Nigeria, and the peculiarities of our contemporary experiences both within Nigeria and other countries in Africa demand that the PDP should once again, rise to the occasion in cancelling the economic hardship and other structural deficiencies that directly bear negatively on our people in the past nearly eight and half years.”
Abubakar added:
“I have every confidence that the PDP will bounce back to give Nigerians a responsive government.”
Legit.ng reports that Atiku's democratic assurance comes amid the recent coups in Niger Republic and Gabon.
Atiku makes allegation against Tinubu
In a piece of related news, Legit.ng reported that Atiku accused President Bola Tinubu of boycotting primary and secondary school education to move to Chicago State University.
The former vice president, in a tweet on Sunday, August 27, said Tinubu's claim in his 2023 record should be a concern for all Nigerians, asking how it was possible for the President to only attend Chicago State University in the United States without a primary and secondary education in Nigeria.
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