Former Vice President and chieftain of the ruling All Progres­sives’ Congress (APC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said no person or group of persons was strong enough to force him out of the party.


Atiku spoke amidst mount­ing concerns by his political associates and supporters on his political trajectory in the wake of caustic remarks on the for­mer Vice President by the Gov­ernor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai.

The former Vice President said that he remained a very loyal member of the APC and was pre-occupied with helping President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling party to succeed.
Atiku spoke through his spokesman Mazi Paul Ibe.

“Atiku Abubakar remains a very committed and loyal me­meber of APC. He is pre-oc­cupied with helping President Muhammadu Buhari and APC succeed at all levels and there­fore cannot be blackmailed or cajoled into dumping the par­ty,” affirmed Ibe.
Atiku’s spokesman said the former Vice President person­ally resolved not to further join issues with Governor el-Rufai. He, however, stressed that his boss was elated by last week­end’s investigative report by Saturday Punch quoting an of­ficial of the United States’ Department of State as deflating el-Rufai’s claim that Atiku’s alleged involvement in the Halliburton Scandal had earned him a ban from entering the US.

“Considering that Turaki will soon be 70, this clarifica­tion by the US State department couldn’t have come at a better time and is the best birthday gift,” reasoned Ibe.

He continued: ‘This black­mail is over a decade old. Re­member Atiku was Number 2 man the time some people be­gan this campaign of calumny. Thank God he has been vindi­cated and the controversy laid to rest.”, stressed Ibe.

Atiku’s spokesman said the former Vice President was a firm believer in the maxim: “to­morrow belongs to God”, and it was therefore wrong to imagine that he is desperate about polit­ical office.

“Atiku Abubakar’s support for President Muhammadu Bu­hari has exceeded my expecta­tions. In fact, there are sever­al things I had tried to tell him to do for the president and was pleasantly surprised that he had done more than expected,” de­clared Ibe.

Atiku, who recently trad­ed verbal fireworks with el-Ru­fai, served as Vice President to President Olusegun Obasan­jo from 1999 to 2007. Shortly after Obasanjo was re-elected president, he appointed el-Ru­fai as Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) minister at about the same time the relationship between Obasan­jo and Atiku hit the rocks. At some point Obasanjo accused his deputy of treachery.

Interestingly, el-Rufai, whom Atiku claimed to have helped into the administra­tion, led the onslaught against the former Vice President.
In the build-up to the 2007 presidential election, el-Ru­fai, who was a very powerful minister in Obasanjo’s cabinet, aligned with his boss to stop the Vice President from contesting the presidential election. Surrounded on all sides, Atiku promptly defected to the now defunct Action Congress of Ni­geria (ACN), and after a torturous legal process, became the party’s presidential candidate and the first sitting Vice Pres­ident of Nigeria to defect to an opposition party.

At the time, some had predicted that having hounded Atiku out of PDP, Obasanjo would annoint el-Rufai as suc­cessor. The former president, however, chose the then gover­nor of Katsina State (now late) Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua instead.

http://www.latestngnews.com/politics/no-body-can-force-me-out-of-apc-atiku-abubakar/

ATIKU for president, we need him in PDP

Your plan is to form a new party joor. Who wan pursue you before?

Yes Oh ......


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OZAOEKPE:
ATIKU for president, we need him in PDP

which of the PDPs? sheriff or markafi? poor wailer

Atiku better option to the clueless buhari

OZAOEKPE:
ATIKU for president, we need him in PDP

2019 for Atiku

Nigerians Have Decided to correct the mistakes of 2015

Atiku2019:
Yes Oh ......


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paid sycophant spotted. so you had to Photoshop fasholas governorship campaign photos and put atiku? the pay must be really good

Jaideyone:
which of the PDPs? sheriff or markafi? poor wailer

Join us bro every right thinking Nigeria knows Buhari is incompetent

OZAOEKPE:
ATIKU for president, we need him in PDP

Which of the factions please?

Just take him there. OK?

Jaideyone:
paid sycophant spotted. so you had to Photoshop fasholas governorship campaign photos and put atiku? the pay must be really good

Easy Bro


APC warriors and myopia

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Atiku2019:



Join us bro every right thinking Nigeria knows Buhari is incompetent

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Do you know the meaning of dead on arrival?

SillyMods:

Which of the factions please?

Just take him there. OK?

Which are you part of Oyegun or Tinubu faction?

SillyMods:
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Do you know the meaning of dead on arrival?

Supporting an Incompetent Buhari with empty stomachs

Atiku2019:



Join us bro every right thinking Nigeria knows Buhari is incompetent

God forbid!!! I would rather die than vote atiku

Atiku2019:


Supporting an Incompetent Buhari with empty stomachs

Keep deceiving yourself.

I can take care of you for as long as required.

You need help?

Atiku2019:


Easy Bro


APC warriors and myopia

that first picture with Yoruba women carrying placards is surely from fashola's second term campaign

Atiku2019:


Which are you part of Oyegun or Tinubu faction?

Tinubu has never been a chairman even though I don't belong in the party.

SillyMods:
Tinubu has never been a chairman even though I don't belong in the party.

Tinubu is the King of APC.

SamuelAnyawu:

are you programmed to post that picture again and again? yes we know buhari has failed to deliver so far. I will vote him out in 2019 if he doesn't sit up. some of us are not blind followers like you

They will destroy APC before they leave.

Jaideyone:
that first picture with Yoruba women carrying placards is surely from fashola's second term campaign

2007 Second term kids on Nairaland self

Atiku2019:

2007

lol how much is he paying you?

Jaideyone:
lol how much is he paying you?

He's not paying me

1) I now buy fuel @145

2) bag of Rice wil

3) Everything has skyrocketed over 50% price value

You all know Buhari has failed definitely

Useless politician

Atiku2019:


He's not paying me

1) I now buy fuel @145

2) bag of Rice wil

3) Everything has skyrocketed over 50% price value

You all know Buhari has failed definitely

yes buhari has failed so far but atiku is not an option for reasonable minds. i'd just sit at home if it's atiku vs buhari

Keneking:
Useless politician

lol this your own wailing has gone up to a legendary level o

Nobody is not a person's name

Atiku and politics

wowmenow:
Atiku better option to the clueless buhari

so shekau atiku is better than your ineffectual buffoon

At least it is clear that his spokes man is from another zone and religion from him. I wonder how I swallowed these lies in the past:
1. 'All Buhari domestic staff are Christians'
2 'All Buhari children are in Nigeria schools'
Upon say I go school ooo...
Honestly the media can sell shit as 'maimai'!