The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has disclosed that his intimate relationship with the National Assembly members when he was Nigeria’s vice-president stopped former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s third term bid.
He said the relationship enabled him and some National Assembly members to stop Obasanjo’s third term agenda, adding that he is eager to re-ignite with the candidates of the party after his election as President and their own emergence as federal lawmakers.
This, Atiku noted, would enable them better function and deepen democracy.
At the 2023 Presidential Campaign Organisation Strategic Engagement Meeting with National Assembly candidates of the PDP on Sunday night in Abuja, Atiku said: “During my tenure as vice-president, I developed a very intimate relationship with members of the National Assembly and it was that relationship that enabled us to stop the third term or the life Presidency attempt by President Obasanjo.
“I really look forward to re-engaging you as you return to the National Assembly for your functions from the constitution, and to further deepen democracy development and progress of our nation”.
Lamenting the current security and economic situation, the former Vice President said: “Our nation has found itself in one of the most challenging times in the history of this country. Now, we are more divided than ever, because of the activities and the policies of the current APC government. Likewise our security situation has gone from bad to worse, and our economy is in shambles”.
He pointed out that the challenges facing the people and the executive arm of government were enormous such that “we must work together to take out the country from its present predicament and malaise”.
