The All Progressives Congress (APC) led federal government has been advised not to engage in acts that may truncate democracy in the country or unnecessarily overheat the polity, through excessive deployment of state machinery against opposition politicians, especially the flagbearer of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who was reportedly harassed at the airport on his return from a foreign trip to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The words of caution and appeal to tolerance were contained in a press release issued in Abuja on Sunday signed by Amb. Salamat Yusuf national coordinator ActivateAtiku, a support association that backs the Waziri Adamawa for president at the February 16 presidential election.
“Discerning Nigerians and millions of esteemed people around the world are watching the sinister moves by those trying to use the power of incumbency and control of security apparatus, to muscle-out key members of the PDP.

“No amount of unprovoked harassment or unsolicited embarrassment can stop Nigerians to participate in a free and fair elections next year to elect the right man to lead them out of extreme poverty”, said the National Coordinator of the support group, Salamat Yusuf.
Activate-Atiku further berated the FG for sending an army of special security operatives to scare search candidate Abubakar, who was searched at the Abuja airport on his way back from Dubai, in a gestspo fashion aimed at bullying or incriminating the elder ststesman and former Vice President.
Yusuf further said that: “Our principal is not a criminal and nobody should tag him so. His Excellency has been upright and facing his issue-based campaign and working assiduously on how to get Nigeria working again, through well thought-out transformational agenda of job creation, creating opportunity for business to grow and promoting wealth generation.”
The group also urged the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to desist from acts of impunity and enable INEC and security agents to facilitate a level playing ground for all contestants, in order to have free, fair, transparent and credible elections.

Activate-Atiku group stressed further that:
“No amount of molestation will stop Atiku-Obi PDP team from becoming victorious in the forthcoming polls.
“If the security agents and their masters really want to work, they should intensify the fight against insurgents and killer herdsmen, kidnappers and armed robbers. Better still, they should swoop on corrupt APC stalwarts from Edo to Kano and Akwa Ibom states respectively.
“Anti corruption crusade cannot continue as a one-sided activity, pointed at harassing government opponents. The FG should stop intimidating Atiku, and let Nigerians have the choice of a viable alternative to choose from in 2019.

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Does Buhari need to be reminded he was once opposition? Nigerian leaders always thirsty to abuse power and intimidate others

Intimidating opposition and abusing power have become the norm for apc. Why don't they use all that energy to sell themselves to nigerians? I mean, instead of telling me how bad atiku is, why don't apc tell or show me how good they are?

izombie:
Intimidating opposition and abusing power have become the norm for apc. Why don't they use all that energy to sell themselves to nigerians? I mean, instead of telling me how bad atiku is, why don't apc tell or show me how good they are?

Please let them wash their dirty linens. Gives us better choices to pick the lesser of two evils.

aiku all the way

Welcome the incoming President of Nigeria

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar

When will APC spot biting around the bush is still not done on APC that they have already lost the up coming election 2019 , Nigerian are tried of story's from them, Intimidating opposition will not help APC either President Muhammadu Buhari administration to desist from acts of impunity and enable INEC and security agents to facilitate a level playing ground for all contestants, in order to have free, fair, transparent and credible elections.