Former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar, who is aspiring to become President in 2019, on Tuesday, said
he would put an end to the Boko Haram crisis in the shortest time after
his inauguration as Nigeria’s number one citizen......
Abubakar, who is one of the presidential
aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, made the vow
while addressing his supporters at the Forshams Hall, Maiduguri, Borno
State’s capital.
He said, “Nigeria ended its civil war in
only two and a half years despite the thick forest in the South-East. I
wonder why the war against insurgency took us nine years; there must be
something wrong somewhere.”
He added, “If elected, I will not allow
any commander to tell me stories, we must end insurgency within the
shortest possible time because the insurgency has crippled everything in
the North-East.”
The Director-General, Atiku campaign
Organisation, Senator Gbenga Daniel, a former governor of Ogun State,
said they were in Maiduguri in consultation with PDP stakeholders in
Borno.
He said, “This is the chance for the
people of the North-East to produce the next President, you should not
miss this opportunity to produce the President. So, I call on you to
support one of your own.”
Earlier speaking, the Borno State
Coordinator, Atiku Campaign Organisation, Alhaji Mohammed Imam, said
there was no need for them to be in Maiduguri, “as he (Atiku) need not
campaign in the state.”
“Borno State is your own; you need not to campaign. We the people of Borno and Yobe are behind your candidature,” he promised.
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