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By Nasir Kura
Chairman of National Peace Committee and former Head of State General Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar (rtd) said on Friday that the committee has presented the concerns raised by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar over Saturday’s presidential election to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Abubakar said this while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting with the president in his office in Abuja.
“Yesterday, l met the PDP Presidential candidate and his party in other to ensure peace that this committee is really after, our concern is about Nigeria. And in other to listen to their grievances and what they think has gone wrong and we are here today to see His Excellency the President in other to relay the fears and concerns of the PDP. And Mr. President has listened to us and has taken note of what we have told him,” h said.
He said the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party only raised concerns and suggestions on what should be done in the forthcoming gubernatorial and State Assemblies elections.
“Atiku presented his grievances and his observations, he did not present any conditions, he gave his complaints, which we have presented and discussed with Mr. President to see what can be done,” he said.
On the committee’s message to Nigerians as they work to achieve peace, he said: “Nigerians should please on behalf of this country and all of us, regardless, know that we need peace. This country is very, very important to all of us. We are not talking about self interest, we are talking about the interest of the country.
“I keep saying, whenever there is violence, we are not going to see violence in Ikoyi, in the Villa and you will not find violence in the various government houses in this country. It is always the poor man that gets to kill themselves and so on. So, please, yes, as much as we have grievances, l am glad that the PDP say they are going to court to challenge the process, l think this is the right way to go about it, and l hope and pray that we will maintain this.”
