Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has cautioned security agencies to steer clear of Nigeria’s political process.
Atiku explained that the duty of security personnel is to ensure that voters are protected while the electoral process is safeguarded against any form of manipulation.
He added that any government that draws the Police, Army, Civil Defence into politics has negative intentions.
Speaking at his presidential campaign rally in Jalingo, Taraba State, the former vice president, said: “Our security services have no business to interfere with our political process, that is not your work.
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“Your work is to make sure there is peace, law and order. It is not your business to interfere in our political process, This is not your constitutional responsibility at all.
“Your constitutional responsibility is to make sure we are all safe. Any government that draws the security agencies, the Police, the Army, the Civil Defence into politics, that government is doing more harm to your career, is doing more harm to your patriotism and more harm to yourself.
“Don’t accept that, don’t get involved. Allow us to choose the leaders we want to choose and to elect the people we want to elect. It is not your business who we elect at all.”
He also reminded the people that North-East was closest to the Presidency now than ever, charging them not to allow the opportunity slip away.
He said further: “This is the first time since 1999 that you are going to have a president from this area. You are going to have a president from this zone, so do you want to take it to another state? To another zone? No!”