Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has revealed how President Goodluck Jonathan repeatedly appealed to him to dump the All Progressives Congress, APC, and return to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party.
Atiku said the president pleaded with him three times, once during a surprise midnight visit to his house.
The former VP made the revelation in an interview with the Hausa service of the BBC, during which he also explained why he has not been very visible in the campaign rallies of his party’s presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari.
Mr. Abubakar said he turned down the personal request of President Jonathan to return to the PDP on three separate occasions.
He said the last was in Abuja last Friday when the President paid him a surprise midnight visit.
He said on that day, he received speaker Aminu Tambuwal and ex-military leader, Ibrahim Babangida, and they held fruitful discussions.
“In the evening I went to bed early, but at around 12 am, I was told the president was in my sitting room, so I came down and after exchanging pleasantries, I asked him to what I deserved such a visit and he said he just came back to still plead with me for support,” Atiku said.
“He said I need to go back to the PDP because we built the party and we are its founding fathers, and that we needed to go back and rebuild it.
“I told him this is the third time you are asking me to return to the PDP and my answer has always been the same; I am not going back,” Atiku said.
On speculations that the President also suggested an interim government to the former Vice President, Mr. Abubakar said the matter never came up.
“He did not bring it up, and I also did not,” he said. “We just spoke about politics and the security situation in the country.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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GEJ has not done anything wrong for begging you to join PDP. Why bragging?
ReplyDeleteWhy is he begging for support? Why can't his accomplishments get him votes? Answer! HE IS A FAILURE! He failed us the southerners that voted for him enmass in 2011 and now we are covering our face in shame because we are not proud of him anymore and we are going to vote him out enmass again.
DeleteNo matter how you look at it,Buhari is not a better choice than Jonathan to the Easterners. You guys need to be wise,and don't jump from frying pan to fire.
DeleteMy people said 'someone of noble birth does not keep late night'.
DeleteWhy should GEJ be visiting him at the midnight?
Desperation!
If am not wrong i think GEJ met you in PDP and now begging you to come back, to me he's the best, just like his new name Goodman. No man leaves his house and find pleasure in other peoples. Go back home. APC no fit you, can't you see you're forcing yourself to stay?
ReplyDeleteWhy does GEJ want to die in Aso Rock? The man who facilitated his ride to power was insulted as they say power corrupts absolute power corrupts absolutely. Star parking your baggages Otuoke home you go
ReplyDeleteIf APC is so great , how is it handling all d THIEVES that ran form PDP to APC? Look like they are being embraced by the THIEVES in APC........Tinubu etc. This is NOT an election. BOTH guys are useless and we need to let Buhari know that he is thought of in that light and has to prove himself....not just to fill the ministries with men in babariga who do not know what they are doing.
ReplyDeleteFor once someone talks with sense here! No APC guys want to condemn all known thief and corrupt guy Tinubu who is a great APC financier. Bad and corrupt PDP leaders that 'failed Nigeria in 16yrs' now APC glorified leaders. Insn't it funny? Well, they've left PDP, now PDP is purged of the failure agents. I'll therefore go with and urge others to vote for PDP to solidify our gains already made.
DeleteNon story for me. I also think Mr president is vindicated on interim govt. Its has always been the machinations of the opposition. GOODLUCK NIGERIA.
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ReplyDeleteI think you, the supporters of Joe should be able to tell him the home truth. Since the inception of this democracy he has been lucky. He was commissioner or local govt chairman. He was lucky to be a deputy governor. Greater luck shined on him, his boss was impeached and he became the governor. As an evidence of greater luck still, he was picked as a running mate to Late Yar'adua who became the president with Jonathan becoming the vice president. Luck again, Yaradua died. After so much bickering the doctrine of necessity pushed him to become the president. His luck pushed him further to contest the presidency again in 2011, and majority of Nigerians voted for him without him struggling. And he never needed to spend so much money. All these he achieved on a platter of luck ( or gold rather). Now there is a limit to which LUCK can take someone. The luck in Jonathan's name has taken him thus far including six years as president. We should remember that there are some things that money can't buy. Money can buy some things, it can't buy everything. Money can buy some people, it can't buy all people. Yes, everybody has his own price, but money is not the price for everything. Tell Goodluck that it's his luck that took him to Aso Rock and not his money. It's time to retire from Aso Rock. It's time to return to Otuoke. It's time to go and enjoy life after all.
Later, ffk will come and deny this one. PDP is dead in Nigeria, alredy. Nothing left to rebuild. Corrupt Jona, or shud I say tiff Jona
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong in begging. It's better than violence
ReplyDeleteUseless president aka beggy beggy president. Sai Buhari
ReplyDeleteWho are you that PDP should beg of what benefits are you to Nigerians' both present and in the past, stop that noise nobody is interested in that your big lie against PDP party
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