My Battle For Presidency Almost Cost Me My Life – Atiku Abubakar

According to Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate in the recently held presidential election, the journey to become Nigeria’s president almost cost him his life.

The former vice president said that his efforts to establish and strengthen democracy in Nigeria began even during the military regime while speaking at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja.

The PDP candidate asserted that he had been competing for the position of president for the last 30 years.

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 to 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.”