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Atiku Abubakar Reveals Why He didn’t Participate In #2019PresidentialDebate

Kanyi Okeke
By Kanyi Okeke
Published: January 19, 2019
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The 2019 NEDG/BON Presidential debate is currently holding at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja.

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The presidential candidates in attendance are Oby Ezekwesili of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Oby Ezekwesili; Fela Durotoye of theAlliance for New Democracy (ANN) and Kingsley Moghalu of the Young Progressives Party (YPP).

PDP’s presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar arrived the venue of the debate but backed out last minute.

He took to his Twitter account and revealed why he decided not to participate in the debate.

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He said:

We came here for a Presidential debate, not a candidacy debate, and I, Atiku Abubakar can not challenge or question an administration where the man at the helm of the affairs of the nation is not present to defend himself or his policies. After all you cannot shave a man’s head in his absence. I do not believe in attacking a man who is NOT here to defend himself. As a leader and former vice president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, let me first apologise to all Nigerians, my fellow candidates and the moderator for the the APC Presidential Candidates absence in this debate. His non-appearance is a slight on ALL of us and our democracy.

Secondly, with all due respect to my fellow candidates, Fela Durotoye, Oby Ezekwesili, Kingsley Moghalu and to the moderator Mark Sugar and with apologies to all Nigerians here and at home expecting an interesting debate, I regret that I will not be able to go on with this debate due to President Buhari’s absence.

I however challenge President Buhari to choose a date and time for a debate where he will be present and I will be there, hopefully with the other candidates as well.

Thank you and God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Atiku Abubakar

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