The
presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji
Atiku Abubakar, has promised to end the blood bath in Zamfara State
within 30 days of his swearing-in as president of Nigeria in 2019.
He
lamented that President Muhammadu Buhari was desperate to protect the
political power of his party when he sent a combined team of 30,000
policemen to Osun and Ekiti states during the gubernatorial election,
but found it difficult to do same to protect the lives of the people of
Zamfara.
The
former vice president made the promise to halt the flow of blood in
Zamfara in a video message posted on his verified Facebook page on
Friday.
Atiku
stated, “I am following all you (Zamfarans) have been going through in
the hands of bandits who steal, kill and destroy your properties.
“My heart bleeds for you and I urge you all to accept my prayer that the Almighty Allah will bring an end to your sufferings.
“I
am contesting for the office of the president of Nigeria. I am assuring
you that if you, the good people of Zamfara, elect me as President on
February 16, 2019 within a month of my swearing-in, I will send a
combined force of 30,000 soldiers and policemen to stay in Zamfara and
make sure that the bandits you see today, you will see no more.
“When
election took place in Ekiti and Osun states, President Buhari sent
30,000 policemen there. I want to assure you that it is more important
for me to secure your lives and properties than for me to secure
political power for my party,” he assured.
Meanwhile,
a pro-Atiku group, the Promoters/Hunters Forum, has said that it was
disheartening to witness Nigeria being plagued with overwhelming
negative changes and uncertainties under the present administration.
It
stressed that the nation needed a surgical rescue operation to salvage
it from its numerous and rising socio-economic challenges.
The
National Coordinator of the forum, Mallam Misbahu Shuaibu, as part of
the strategies to woo voters for the presidential candidate of the
People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his running
mate, Mr. Peter Obi, the PDP launched the forum yesterday in Abuja.
Speaking
at the event which also witnessed the inauguration of the 36 states and
FCT coordinators, he noted that their targets were the youths and those
at the grassroots, who are the majority of being victims of the ruling
All Progressives Congress (APC).
Shuaibu
said, “The problems of poverty, unemployment, divisiveness and
insecurity have gradually debased us to an unthinkable level of
inhumanity. We therefore need a surgical rescue operation to salvage the
country and place it on the
part of progress and work-
ability.
part of progress and work-
ability.
“The
PDP Promoters/Hunters Forum has given credence to the Atiku/Obi
aspiration and PDP in general to reposition the country and get Nigeria
working again. We must all support this course, hence the need to
support Atiku/Obi and other PDP candidates,”
“It is disheartening to witness Nigeria being plagued with overwhelming negative changes and uncertainties,” he added.
Also
speaking, the chairman of the Committee of PDP supporters, FCT Chapter,
Mr. Abduljaleel Idris, urged FCT residence to re-elect Philips Tanimu
Aduda as the FCT Senator to consolidate the successes recorded by his
representing the territory in the National Assembly.