{"id":3962,"date":"2019-02-05T17:08:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T17:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=3962"},"modified":"2019-02-05T17:08:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T17:08:11","slug":"atiku-to-military-dont-dabble-into-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/atiku-to-military-dont-dabble-into-election","title":{"rendered":"Atiku to military: Don\u2019t dabble into election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Presidential flag bearer of the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP), Abubakar Atiku on Tuesday cautioned the military against dabbling into the general election, slated February 16 and March 2.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku gave the warning in Jalingo -the Taraba State capital during the PDP presidential and governorship rally in the northeastern state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe military signed to defend and protect the country, not to defend an individual, as no person is a god.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir (military\u2019s) quick response should be to tackle Boko Haram in Borno and the entire northern region where they are terrorising Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMuhammadu Buhari, please don\u2019t use the military to terrorise the states you don\u2019t like. The military are to protect the territorial integrity of the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku also told the police, the State Security Service (SSS) and other security agencies to be neutral during the polls.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe police and the SSS have been reformed, so we believe they will be neutral during the general election; they will not side any individual.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe job of the security is to protect us and ensure there is law and order in the land. They are not to interfere in electoral matters; so, they shouldn\u2019t tell us bull shit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Atiku said his rally in Taraba State was just \u201chomecoming,\u201d adding it was the first time the people of the northeastern region would be having a presidential candidate. \u201cWill you go and vote someone from another region?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku said the major problem of Taraba and the northeastern states was insecurity. \u201cI will provide security,\u201d he pledged.<\/p>\n<p>He also promised to complete the hydroelectric power project on the Mambilla Plateau, Sardauna local government area of Taraba state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything about the Mambilla hydropower project, so far, is a scam. I will reconstruct it and every Nigerian will benefit from it, if you elect me as Nigeria\u2019s president,\u201d Atiku said, adding: \u201call the federal roads shall be taken care of; the natural resources in the country shall be tapped for job creation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a credible election, without taking sides.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_ad jeg_ad_article jnews_content_inline_2_ads  \">\n<div class=\"ads-wrapper align-center \">\n<div class=\"ads_code\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWith the crowd I have seen here, Taraba State is 100 percent PDP. All the people watching this rally on the television, Instagram, Twitter, Google and WhatsApp will agree that Taraba is PDP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cINEC should be very careful in their responses. This election cannot be rigged. If you rig it, you (INEC) will invite crisis, and we don\u2019t want crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf INEC can conduct free and fair polls, the people will accept whoever emerges, and the country will be peaceful, and that is what we want,\u201d Secondus said.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Darius Ishaku, who is the PDP candidate in Taraba, assured Atiku of victory, saying: \u201cTaraba is for Atiku.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have toured the nook and cranny of Taraba for my reelection campaign. And everywhere I went to campaign, the people all know Atiku. This is because he had traversed the State during the Gongola days.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku will give the people jobs, tackle poverty and revitalise Nigeria\u2019s economy. The APC has failed Nigerians and Atiku is the answer. Atiku, carry go,\u201d Ishaku said<a href=\"http:\/\/nan.ng\/\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content addtoany_content_bottom\">\n<div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presidential flag bearer of the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP), Abubakar Atiku on Tuesday cautioned the military against dabbling into the general election, slated February 16 and March 2. Atiku gave the warning in Jalingo -the Taraba State capital during the PDP presidential and governorship rally in the northeastern state. \u201cThe military signed to defend and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":3965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,16],"tags":[316,231,65],"class_list":["post-3962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-parties","tag-atiku","tag-military","tag-pdp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Atiku to military: Don\u2019t dabble into election - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/atiku-to-military-dont-dabble-into-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Atiku to military: Don\u2019t dabble into election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Presidential flag bearer of the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP), Abubakar Atiku on Tuesday cautioned the military against dabbling into the general election, slated February 16 and March 2. 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