Breaking: Atiku returns to PDP again

… Says APC failed Nigerians

…Seeks IGP intervention in #endsars outrage

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has announced his return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had led most Nigerians down.

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Making announcement Sunday through his Facebook official page, he said his decision followed consultations he had with party leaders and stakeholders from across the country.

“So today I want to let you know that I am returning home to the PDP as the issues that led me to leave it have now been resolved and it is clear that the APC has let the Nigerian people, and especially our young people, down.

“I joined the APC as I had hoped it would be the new force that would help improve life for our people and I was excited about the party’s manifesto to create 3 million new jobs a year.

“The result has not been the change people had been promised or voted for, as in the last two years almost 3 million Nigerians have lost their jobs.”

When asked how he (Atiku) knew what the youn Nigerians want since he is no longer a youth, the Waziri Adamawa said: “I meet young people every day. I have children and grandchildren and most of my employees are youths.

“The key to knowing what young people want is to listen to them. I’m good at that. Sometimes when I am on the phone with my kids they ask me are you still there, because I just listen to them without interrupting.

“Young people are on social media and so I go there. They tell me that their number one challenge is jobs.

“Terrorism, militancy, kidnapping, and other forms of exuberance they may lead to criminality are a symptom of the disease of joblessness.

“Once you can get Nigeria working again and get Nigerians working again, youth restiveness will ease and gradually disappear.”

On the claim by Minister of Information that the PDP will never go back to power, Atiku said: “Nobody knows the future other than God and to dictate what the future will be is not within man’s purview.

“But it is about Nigeria not about power. Power for powers own sake breeds arrogance and arrogance makes men say things like that.

“All I am saying is that we need a party that speaks to national sentiments not regional ones. We need a party that can make all Nigerians one till we can boldly say that we are all brothers and sisters with only one mother Nigeria.”

While reacting to the outrage about the activities of SARs, the former vice president call on the Inspector General of Police to intervene in the matter.

“We cannot be outraged that Nigerians and other African migrants are being mistreated in Libya and then we go ahead and mistreat our people back home. I am very abreast with the #EndSARS issue because my young followers on Social Media keep me very much in the loop.

“Whether it is how SARS treats Nigerians or how we treat each other, we are sending a message to the outside world. We can’t expect foreigners to treat our people better than we treat them.

“We must set the minimum standard required for the treatment of Nigerians worldwide by the way we treat our people domestically. Our charity must begin at home.

“On this issue, I call on the Inspector General of Police as a concerned Nigerian to intervene, and I know that the Nigerian Police as a disciplined and well organized force will take action to address this issue. It will go a long way to improving Nigeria’s rating in the global ranking of Police Forces next year because this year, they were wrongfully ranked as the worst.”

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