Osita Chidoka, a former minister of aviation, says Atiku Abubakar, PDP presidential candidate, was “misinterpreted” on his comment that northerners need a president from the north.
Osita Chidoka, a former minister of aviation, says Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party , was “misinterpreted” on his comment that northerners need a president from the north.during an interactive session of the Arewa townhall policy dialogue in Kaduna, Abubakar told his audience, who were mostly northerners, that they don’t need an Igbo or Yoruba as president but “someone from the north”.
“The thing I like about politics is how people can stand up on something – a statement is made, it is misread, misinterpreted and turned around to make up for campaigning. It is politics,” he said. “Alhaji Abubakar was addressing northerners and he was explaining the need for Nigeria to have a pan-Nigerian president. He said ‘I’m a northerner like you but I’m pan-Nigerian – I have built bridges across the country’.
“I think we need to move beyond the political gimmick that goes on when people say one thing, we turn it the other way round and we use it for political ends. “The point he is making is a very clear point; the point that we need a Nigerian president who will unify the country, understand the issues, and be able to solve them.
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