Former Vice President and frontline runner for
the All Progressives Congress (APC)
presidential ticket, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,
with former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on
how to save Nigeria from its current
unenviable state.
Speaking with BBC Hausa Service monitored
in Abuja, Atiku revealed that a closed-door
meeting he recently had with the former
president at the Otta Farm, Ogun state, was
fruitful and was in the best interest of Nigeria.
He regretted in the course of the programme
that a piece of advice he offered President
Goodluck Jonathan in the past on the need to
effect plans that would lead to the successful
enlistment of volunteers like ‘Civilian JTF’ into
the Nigerian military was not given
consideration.
Speaking earlier on the presidential primaries
of the APC which is fast afoot, Atiku assured
that; “There is no problem that will arise after
our primaries because we are one and will
work for whoever that emerges.”
He then went on to comment on his visit to
Obasanjo, of which he noted: “We discussed
challenges our country is facing, and we
reached a pact that we will work together and
ensure that our country is out of the mess we
are in presently.”
When asked whether he thinks elections could
still go on in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa
states considering the given that Boko Haram
terrorists hold sway in some territories within
the states, the former Vice President said,
“Yes, I agree that there are territories in Yobe,
Adamawa and Borno that are under these
terrorists, but this cannot stop elections.
“We have seen many countries with similar
situation but they still went ahead and had
successful elections in peace and calm,” he
added.
While objecting to the assumption that
politicians were wholesomely not bothered
about insurgency but just about jostling for
political power, the presidential aspirant said,
“It is not true that we don’t bother. All the
places we went, you will see us expressing
concern and coming up with solution and
giving support to the country.
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