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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says the African Democratic Congress (ADC) conjugation volition stay steadfast successful defending Nigerians against what helium described arsenic “anti-democratic forces” nether the medication of President Bola Tinubu.
Atiku stated this connected Monday successful an X station aft gathering with Senator Aminu Tambuwal, representing Sokoto South, and erstwhile Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.
“We volition beryllium unrelenting successful defending the rights of each Nigerian being harassed by anti-democratic forces of the Tinubu-led APC administration,” Atiku wrote.
“The conjugation that we are pushing is aimed astatine rescuing our ideology from the stranglehold of this emerging dictatorship. We shall beryllium deliberate successful joining hands successful redeeming our democracy.”
Earlier successful September, the erstwhile Vice President accused the Tinubu medication of utilizing repressive tactics to stifle dissent.
He alleged a “calculated assault” connected absorption leaders, citing the constabulary invitation of erstwhile Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, and what helium called attacks connected different absorption figures arsenic portion of a broader determination to weaken governmental rivals.
Speaking done his Special Assistant connected Media, AbdurRashid Shehu Sharada, Atiku maintained that specified actions were portion of an orchestrated effort to erode antiauthoritarian freedoms and discourage credible absorption earlier the adjacent wide election.
He added that the disruption of an ADC gathering successful Kaduna, which El-Rufai attended, was peculiarly worrisome since nary arrests were made. Instead, helium said, the constabulary chose to invitation El-Rufai and different absorption leaders for questioning.
The station ADC moving to support Nigerians from Tinubu’s anti-democratic forces — Atiku appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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