Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has accused President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress of allegedly cutting a deal with the governors of Zamfara and Katsina to “capture” the states.
Atiku said he is in support of “whatever reasonable measures the Federal Government takes to put an end to the needless loss of lives and property in Zamfara and Katsina States,” but warned that “imposing emergency rule in the two states can only address the symptoms rather than the cause of the current security crisis facing the North West states.”
A statement from the PDP man claimed “the deal being struck between the federal government and the Governors of Zamfara and Katsina States reflects the desperation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led FG to ”capture” the states at all cost during next month’s general elections.”
“The deal, cut at a meeting in the presidential villa in Abuja is simple: The FG will impose a state of emergency in Zamfara, to provide a window for APC to field a candidate for the governorship election in the state, having failed to do so within the time frame stipulated by the Commission.”
Atiku also said that “everything that is required for this manipulation has been provided by the leadership of the party.”
The PDP Presidential Candidate, however, said “although the plot is meant to put his party at a disadvantage, PDP would not lose any sleep over the ignoble deal, since the battle to rescue Nigeria from incompetence and bad leadership will be fought by the people themselves and not by the Governor of Zamfara or President Buhari’s hatchet men.”
Atiku said “the State of Emergency will simply result in more militarization of the affected areas, more road blocks and the constriction of the civil liberties of the people,” adding that “unless legitimate and more far-reaching measures are adopted for common good, the perpetrators of the crisis will simply leave the affected areas and move to other areas to continue their dastardly act.”
He asked Governor Yari to resign “since he has confessed to his failure to protect the security of lives and property of the people of the state.”
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