The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar on Saturday said Nigeria’s unity will be his number one priority if given the opportunity to lead the country in 2023.
Atiku made the comment during his address at the PDP presidential campaign rally in Edo State.
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The PDP candidate also made a strong case for state policing as an antidote to the current security challenges across the country.
He said:
We will restore security. Whatever it is going to take us to do, we shall restore security in this country so that you can travel day and night, go to your farms and go to anywhere secured. By that, what we mean is that we will put more policemen in the streets, we will equip and fortify them.
Since we have promised to devolve more powers to the state and local government, you can also have your own local police. We shall make sure your local police don’t harass you.
Today, we are before you to restate our commitment. I will restate our five programme commitment to the people of Nigeria.
We promised to revive the economy. We will make sure factories and industries resume production in this country. We will make sure there is enough jobs for our youths. This is what we mean by reviving the economy.
Also present at the rally, which held inside the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium in Benin-city, were the Vice Presidential candidate of the PDP, Ifeanyi Okowa, Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, among others.
In his speech, Okowa, who is also the Delta State Governor, said Atiku was instrumental to developmental strides in the South-South region of the country.
