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Atiku Warns Presidency Nothing Must Happen To Obi, El-Rufai, Laments Threat To Opposition

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Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has warned that nothing must happen to Peter Obi, 2027 presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC)

and former Kaduna governor, Nasir El-Rufai, who is currently in  detention.

 

Atiku stressed that the presidency should stop chasing political opponents and start confronting the crises that are bleeding our nation.

 

According to him, the true measure of any democracy is not how comfortably those in power wield authority, but how safely those outside power can exercise their constitutional rights.

 

He declared that “nothing must happen” to Peter Obi and renewed his call for the immediate release of Nasir El-Rufai.

 

Recollecting that history has never been kind to governments that elevate political combat above the welfare and security of their citizens, the ADC presidential candidate invoked a proverb to drive home his point.

 

“Our elders say: ‘When the drums of injustice beat for your neighbour, do not dance, for tomorrow they may beat for you.’

 

“Every Nigerian, regardless of political affiliation, has a stake in defending the democratic space.

 

“Nothing must happen to Peter Obi. Release Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. Bring home every abducted schoolchild, every teacher and every innocent Nigerian still languishing in the hands of kidnappers.

 

“Stop chasing political opponents and start confronting the crises that are bleeding our nation,” he added.

 

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