Tinubu spoke through two of his spokespersons, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode and Bayo Onanuga.
In a statement he issued in Abuja, Fani-Kayode said Atiku is “a dying breed who still sees things from a regional, ethnic and religious prism.”
He continued: “We will not allow Atiku to do to us what he did to Wike. We will not be cheated or denied. “It confirms the argument that Atiku has feasted on such base, cheap, primordial sentiments to use the masses and the elite of the North as the ladder to ascend to power since 1989 without any dividends to show.
For the governing APC, Atiku will disunite Nigeria and inflict the worst kind of strife if voted as president in 2023. “Why is it not about what Nigeria and Nigerians need? Nigerians need bold and visionary leadership anchored on a firm commitment to transcendental national unity, over and above ethnic or sectional obsessions.
“In direct contrast to Atiku’s schismatic tendency, our Northern Progressive APC Governors stood valiantly in support of the emergence of a Southern Presidential Candidate of our Party in demonstration of patriotic commitment to national unity, equity and fairness. That is what Nigeria needs, now and ever.”
“I have a lot of respect for Atiku who, despite his flaws ,I have always regarded as a truly cosmopolitan politician in our country. His reference to his “building bridges” across the country does not negate his clear message. Odion, in a piece titled, “Atiku: The peril of inordinate ambition”, said Atiku is a conflicted bigot, consumed by inordinate ambition.
The presidential aide who recalled Atiku’s political trajectory said, “In 2011, he battled Jonathan for PDP ticket, on the argument that the ‘North has not used up its two term slots’, following Yar’Adua death in office on May 5, 2010. But he got a shellacking at the PDP primaries in 2011. Ibe stated: “For the benefit of the innocent public who might be hoodwinked by the usual behavior of APC in telling a big lie, what transpired was a direct question to Atiku to address the Northern audience on why he should be voted for by the Northern electorate.
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