The former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku
Abubakar on Thursday, reacted to the grounding
of the All Progressive Congress (APC), governors
planes from taking off from their various federal
government owned state airports.
Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar
The former vice president, who made this known in a
statement issued in Abuja from his media office said,
the decision was part of measures to stop the APC
governors from attending the campaign rally for
their Ekiti State counterpart, Kayode Fayemi.
The Turaki Adamawa, who warned the federal
government against impunity stated that the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP led administration
under President Goodluck Jonathan is turning the
country into a police state following the restrictions
placed on the way of the governors and party
members.
Atiku pointed out that the action of the PDP-led
federal government in
stopping the governors of
Kano, Rivers and Edo from attending the APC
governorship campaign rally in Ado-Ekiti yesterday
,
was in a Gestapo-like manner which is capable of
turning Nigeria into a Banana Republic where
fundamental rights of citizens are trampled upon
with impunity.
He said it was very surprising to see the way the
federal government has been dragging the military
and police into politics.
"The government must stop instigating state security
agents paid from tax payers money against helpless,
and law abiding Nigerians" Atiku said. "Our gallant
military men should remain focused on securing and
protecting the territorial integrity of our great nation,
especially in this time of terror attacks and
insurgency across the country."
Atiku, who made a promise at the party's national
convention that he would lead the movement to
oust the present administration which he described
as inept and incompetent.
The former vice president further asserted that the
present administration has failed Nigerians, and
reminded the populace that "a government that
deprives its citizens from access to jobs and
education as manifested by the on-going closure of
some tertiary institutions, such as polytechnics, to be
shut for nearly a year, has alienated itself from the
masses and will definitely suffer the repercussion at
the polls, use of force or not."
Atiku also reiterated that the APC remains the only
viable alternative to the PDP-led government, saying:
"is a prescription for socio-political peace, progress,
equity, security, unity and national development."