The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku
Abubakar, says has encouraged President Muhammadu Buhari to adopt the peaceful
approach of former president Goodluck Jonathan who conceded when he lost the
2015 presidential election.
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Atiku was reacting to Buhari’s New Year message in which the president said the 2019 election should not be a do-or-die affair. Reacting to the president’s message in Abuja, the former vice president said leaders should lead by example by preaching peace at all times. Atiku said he welcomed Buhari’s message about peaceful elections. He, however, noted in a statement that it was not enough for the president to condemn do-or-die politics if he cannot control the activities of overzealous aides, including the country’s security chiefs, especially the Inspector General of Police whose activities he said lately gives him away as a partisan player in negation of his constitutional role.
Atiku was reacting to Buhari’s New Year message in which the president said the 2019 election should not be a do-or-die affair. Reacting to the president’s message in Abuja, the former vice president said leaders should lead by example by preaching peace at all times. Atiku said he welcomed Buhari’s message about peaceful elections. He, however, noted in a statement that it was not enough for the president to condemn do-or-die politics if he cannot control the activities of overzealous aides, including the country’s security chiefs, especially the Inspector General of Police whose activities he said lately gives him away as a partisan player in negation of his constitutional role.
The PDP presidential
candidate advised Buhari to go beyond lip service and urge security chiefs to
be politically neutral during the election, adding that their loyalty to the
constitution doesn’t include putting themselves at the service of the ruling
party at the expense of free and fair elections. Atiku also called on President
Buhari to follow the example of former President Goodluck Jonathan, who, in
2015, who he said walked the talk of the 2015 elections not being worth the
blood of any Nigerian.
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According to Atiku,
Jonathan lived by his noble words and statesmanship when he conceded defeat
without hesitation, thereby contributing to peaceful conduct of the election. The
PDP presidential candidate also reminded Buhari that it was not enough to
“preach peace when he cannot publicly condemn the violent behaviour of his
supporters who harass, molest and publicly humiliate his opponents and their
supporters.”
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