By Ahmed Ajikobi
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar said if elected, he will consider amnesty for looters if they surrender their loots.
Abubakar stated this yesterday during a live debate on the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) monitored in Ilorin by our reporter adding that he is the best president for the nation’s future.
When asked by the host, Kadaria Ahmed if he would consider the option, Atiku said, Why not? It worked for Turkey. We can implement that and I have considered it.”
Speaking on his plans to move Nigeria forward if elected, the PDP Presidential candidate who attended the debate with his vice, Peter Obi said, I believe I am a candidate for the future because I try to bridge the current generation with the future generation.”
On the allegation that he floated a logistic company while in active service with the Nigeria Customs Service, Atiku said he did not own the company but only bought shares in it.
According to him, “It was not an abuse of office because it was an issue of share purchase and at that point it was very lawful for public officers to buy shares. I don’t know how old you were but there was the Indigenisation Decree which was passed by the military government which allowed public officers to legitimately acquire shares.”
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari, while on a TV live town hall programme tagged The Candidates,’ jointly organised by Nigerian Television Authority and Daria Media, had given reasons why he sought re-election as president of Nigeria.
President Buhari who appeared on the programme with his vice, Yemi Osinbajo had said that he was seeking re-election to ensure that the progress his administration had made in moving the country forward is sustained.
He had said, “My party recommend me and I did that to save time to caution members of the party. Those who felt very strongly about it left the party. The three fundamental objectives we campaigned on in 2015 are still relevant. We want to remind Nigerians to see when we started and where we are now.”
