Former Vice President of Nigeria and leading Presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has alleged that more Nigerians have died under the government led by the All Progressives Congress (APC) than in Iran and Afghanistan.
Atiku who spoke today, Saturday, when he formally declared in Yola, the capital of Adamawa State, his intention to contest the 2019 presidential election, promised to stop the wanton killings and return the country to sanity.
He said that the current APC government had performed below expedctations in the management of the economy, in keeping the country united and stemming the trend of wanton loss of lives.
“the APC government has destroyed our economy. They took over an economy with a growth of 7 per cent and brought it down to less than 2 per cent. Today we are witnessing the most insecure situation in Nigeria ever since APC took over.
“Fellow Nigerians, the government of APC has failed, it has failed to unite Nigerians” Atiku said adding “today we are more divided than in any other time in the history of this country.
“Today we have the highest unemployment rate in this country. More than 10 million of our people have been made unemployed under the watch of the APC administration.”
The PDP Presidential hopeful said that he is poised to work with other compatriots in the PDP to secure the party’s nomination for the next year’s election and rebuild the economy and reunite the country.
“What the PDP is going to do is to restore our economy, restore hope of a greater Nigeria and ensure that we have security of lives and property.
“I therefore appeal to all of you wherever you may be that it is time to now re-embrace the party that has given us unity, prosperity and security in this country.”
