By ADAMU ABDULLAHI

The vice president made the accusation at an interactive session with journalists in Kano yesterday after flagging off his presidential campaign in the state early on Saturday.
Similarly, he blamed President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration of voting and committing over N300 billion for roads construction across the country, yet no single road has even been completed or commissioned by the president.
Alhaji Abubakar reaffirmed that politicians must agree to unite to confront and stop the ruling party, the PDP from continuing in office for the country to develop.
He said: “Allowing the ruling party PDP to continue will tantamount to allowing one party system in the country as well as perpetration of dictatorship“.
The vice president who is also the presidential flag-bearer of the Action Congress (AC), explained that the most important thing to Nigerians is the survival of democracy which is being threatened.
According to him, the Action Congress would do differently from what the present administration is doing in terms of developmental policies.
He added that AC has an affirmative policy for women empowerment where the women-folk would reconcile priority attention for the development of their potentials.
The presidential candidate while commenting on incumbency factoring on the forthcoming elections, said Nigerians should not hold the belief that the ruling party cannot be uprooted of power.
He maintained that if it can happen in other African countries like Benin, Senegal and Ghana, Nigeria should not be an exception, adding that in Kano, an opposition party has dethroned the ruling party in 2003 and in 2007 Nigerians will emerge victorious.
He therefore advised Nigerians to work towards defending the country’s young democracy from scuttling it.
Meanwhile, the vice president has urged the press to ensure sufficient support for the nascent democracy through objective reporting and enlightening the Nigerians on national issues.
On AC/ANPP alliance, Alhaji Abubakar stated that the main objective of it, is three-fold namely, to ensure the elections are free, fair and credible; ensure that in government others do not want to be forced to leave and how to create environment at union’s levels of election to harmonise support of consensus candidate.
In a welcome address, the state governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau who spoke through the information commissioner, congratulated Vice President Atiku Abubakar for a hitch-free launching and wished him all the best