{"id":31344,"date":"2014-09-21T05:47:15","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T04:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=31344"},"modified":"2014-09-21T05:47:15","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T04:47:15","slug":"%e2%80%8ei-better-buhari-12m-votes-fakes-says-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/%e2%80%8ei-better-buhari-12m-votes-fakes-says-atiku\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200eI am better than Buhari&#8230;his 12m votes were fakes says Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">A former vice president, Atiku Abubakar Saturday described the 12 million votes received by General Muhammadu Buhari in the last presidential election as a fluke.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">According to him, the number of states Buhari\u2019s CPC won did not tally with the number of votes the retired got in that election.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">Atiku who tried so hard to discredit and minimize \u200eBuhari, maintained that he is a better choice than Buhari.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">But so many Nigerians who participated queried his credentials. Some blatantly told him, he was part of the PDP he is kicking while others maintained that APC remains a &#8220;bus stop&#8221; to Atiku so far he is yet to realize his ambition.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">He twee ted &#8221; those who are advocating an automatic ticket for Buhari are afraid of me&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">Atiku spoke on twitter under the hashtag meetAtiku hosted Mercy Abang of \u200e Nigeria Newsdesk, said the north would not vote for the PDP because the party, in his opinion, \u00a0has failed Nigerians.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">The former VP who used the forum to announce his aspiration said it would be disservice to Nigerians for anyone to advocate an automatic ticket for Buhari.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">He said &#8221; asking me to not contest is asking me to give up on Nigeria. &#8220;<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">When asked about his political nomadic nature of moving from party to party Atiku said &#8221; APC is my last bus stop because the party is a little to the left of the center&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">Atiku who \u00a0expressed worry at the tactic being employed by the present administration in the fight against insurgents, said he would set up an anti terrorism agency that would be independent of the Police and army.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">Atiku expressed doubt at the ability of INEC to conduct a free and fair election.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">On the issue of why he has avoided visiting the United States, Atiku who promised to always scrutinise defence spending said &#8221; I visit any country if there is reason for it&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">Atiku who boasted that he had created over 50,000 jobs in Nigeria and in other African nations, said devolution of power from the Federal Government to states would improve the state of agriculture &#8221; because states control land not the federal government &#8220;<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">On Education he said he would improve standard and try to achieve e the global ratio of 1:16 that obtains in his university<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">One very caustic attack said &#8221; what has changed about you. 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