Atiku weeps for Nigeria

Former Vice President and Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, yesterday wept over the sorry state of the nation, saying leadership has eluded this country for too long.
Atiku, who spoke when his supporters presented him the presidential Expression of Interest and nomination forms, also charged his supporters to bring Abuja to a standstill so that the party would have no alternative than to give him the ticket.
He said: “It is almost three decades of my political career this year.
But, today has also turned out to be one of the most emotional days in those three decades of my political career.
He also lamented that: “I have tried to present myself as a candidate for the office of the President in a number of elections.
The only time I succeeded of being on the ballot was in 2007.
“In 2007, I was on the ballot not because I believe I was going to win, but because I wanted to prove a constitutional issue so that all Nigerians can avail themselves with the constitutional protection and I succeeded at the Supreme Court and that is why today, no Nigerian can be stopped from contesting an election unless he has been convicted by a court of law”.
The former vice president noted that: “The event today is significant and historic because this is the only time in my political career that young men and women in this country have come together without my knowledge or even consent to contribute their own hard earned money to buy me a nomination form and expression of interest form.
“You could have seen one of the lady who spoke, virtually succeeded in getting me to weep.
This is because she aptly described the challenges every Nigerian is facing in this country today and she believed honestly and sincerely from the bottom of her heart that I could be an instrument of add