Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, has stated that certain individuals attempted to assassinate him and his son while he was running for president.
According to him, he has been attempting to become Nigeria’s president for the last three decades, encountering various roadblocks along the way.
Atiku expressed his anguish during a conference in Abuja on Thursday.
He stated that his efforts to enthrone and deepen democracy in Nigeria began during the military regime.
Apart from the threat to his life, the Waziri revealed that his businesses had been effectively crippled.
He said;
It is with a heart full of sadness that I address you today. I have in the last three decades devoted my life to battle to birth and deepen democracy in our country.
It was a battle that started during the military era. It was a struggle that nearly cost me my life and that of my son where eight policemen were killed in the attempt to save our lives. I survived the assassination only by the mercy and the grace of God.
That was not all, my businesses were nearly crippled. My commitment in the enthronement of democracy made me join forces with other compatriots.
As a leader of the defunct Social Democratic Party, together with our current Chairman, we fought and won the 1993 presidential election which was acclaimed to be the freest election in our nation’s history. There was no internet then, yet it was the freest and fairest election.
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