Atiku
Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and 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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