Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Rotimi Amaechi, attracted a crowd on Saturday when they stopped at a filling station to refuel their vehicle.
Seeing the two politicians at the station, people quickly gathered around them, turning the routine stop into an impromptu interaction with the crowd.
In a video circulating on social media, Amaechi was seen driving the vehicle while Atiku sat in the front passenger seat.
As people gathered around the vehicle, some called on Amaechi to come out and greet them. During the interaction, the issue of Atiku’s campaign promise to restore the fuel subsidy was raised.
Amaechi told the crowd that an administration led by Atiku would seek to reduce the cost of petrol by lowering production costs.
“We will reduce the cost of producing fuel. We will bring down the production cost, and this will make the price of petrol come down,” Amaechi said.
Atiku later stepped out of the vehicle and waved to the crowd as supporters cheered.
Responding to calls about the subsidy promise, Atiku said in Hausa, “Zan dawo da tallafi insha Allahu,” meaning, “I will bring back the fuel subsidy, by God’s grace.”
The brief encounter ended after Amaechi returned to the vehicle and drove away with Atiku.
Atiku, Amaechi draw crowd at filling station, promise ‘we’ll bring back fuel subsidy’