Press statement from Former Vice President Atiku
Abubakar ..
Former Vice President and chieftain of All
Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar says it
is dangerous for any individual or group in the ranks
of the ruling party to constitute themselves into an
opposition even before the constitution and take off
President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. The
former Vice President made the call against the
backdrop of developments in the polity, which he
notes are interplay of forces and interests that are
dynamic, but must not be promoted to the point of
being a threat to our democracy and the new
administration.
In a press statement released by his media office in
Abuja on Sunday, 21 June and signed by Mazi Paul Ibe,
the Turaki Adamawa while acknowledging that it is
legitimate and desireable for individuals or groups to
seek to pursue their interest, it must be done with the
benefit of sustaining our democracy and promoting
equity, fair play and justice in mind. “Anything to the
contrary may jeopardise our hard-earned democracy
and constitute a clog in the wheel of the new
administration,” Atiku said.
He noted that because of the historic nature of the
mandate of President Muhammadu Buhari and the
arduous challenges ahead to deliver on making Nigeria
work for all Nigerians, it is important, especially for
members of his own party, to rally behind him in the
quest to enthrone good governance, that will spur
security and stability, economic and social
development, job creation, infrastructure renewal and
above all a better life for Nigerians.
The former Vice President urged members of the APC
to emulate the unity of all the presidential contestants
after the party’s Lagos primaries and support the
President to form his government and get to work. The
statement exonerated Atiku Abubakar of the purported
hijack of the party and the National a$$embly towards
2019 as figment of the imagination of those promoting
it and asked Nigerians to ignore all such insinuation.
He notes that the recent outcomes of the National a
$$embly election contrary to insinuations are products
of interplay of politics which is itself in constant
motion. “In politics, it is a mistake to expect fixed
outcomes. As the President has done, let’s all come to
terms with what has happened in the interest of the
system and move on.”
Mazi Paul Ibe
Atiku Media Office
61 Ebitu Ukiwe Street Jabi Abuja Nigeria.