Former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, says President Goodluck Jonathan is too inexperienced to lead the country.
Speaking on Friday during an interview with AFP, Atiku said the ongoing insurgency would not have degenerated to the current level if the federal government had tackled it effectively.
He commended the Obasanjo-led administration for its effort in not allowing the violence from the Boko Haram escalate to a large scale.
“This insurgency shouldn’t have lasted even six months,” he said
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“Within weeks, we crushed it because we did not neglect military training and, of course, we did not lack the leadership and the capacity to take decisions.
“I told Nigerians that he [Jonathan] did not have the capacity; he didn’t have the experience. He didn’t have anything and yet they gave him the chance, the opportunity. And they can now see the chance and the opportunity they gave him. Of course, I’m more experienced than he is. I believe my capacity cannot be compared with his, in all respect.”
Abubakar also argued that Jonathan lacks the will needed to steer the country in the right direction, lamenting that the country has experienced corruption, poor governance and accountability and worsening security situation under the current president.
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Though the former vice president lost the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to Jonathan in 2011, Abubakar is presently aspiring to be president under the platform of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).
While PDP has endorsed Jonathan as its sole presidential candidate for the 2015 election, Abubakar still has a tough hurdle to cross in the APC.
Former head of state, Muhammadu Buhari; speaker of the federal house of representatives, Aminu Tambuwal; Kano state governor, Rabiu Kwankwoso; and publisher of Leadership Newspaper, Sam Nda-Isaiah; are among those seeking to contest on the platform of the opposition in February 2015.
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