Former Deputy Director of the
Buhari Presidential Campaign Council, Mohammed Lawal, has claimed that former
Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has been plotting President Muhammadu Buhari’s
failure because he lost the All Progressives Congress, APC, primary election to
him in 2014.
Lawal, who is a Director on the
Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, made the allegation
while dismissing Abubakar’s claim that Buhari used and dumped him after the
2015 presidential election.
Abubakar had alleged that the Buhari-led
Government had sidelined him after using his resources and contacts to win
the 2015 election.
In his reaction, Lawal stressed
that the former Vice President neither campaigned nor contributed “anything”
towards Buhari’s election in 2015.
Speaking yesterday, Lawal
maintained that Buhari has been fair to Abubakar, adding that a lot of the
former Vice president’s loyalists were holding positions in the current
government.
He said, “We know that right from
the time Buhari was sworn in, Atiku started plotting to cause problem, to
ensure that this administration does not succeed.
“During the campaign, he granted
an interview to BBC and said he was sure APC would not win the presidential
election.
“He was making preparations that
if APC did not win, he will go back to PDP and get the ticket after
ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s projected exit in 2019.
“Immediately after the
presidential primaries, Atiku left the country. He did not come back. All
along, while we were prosecuting the presidential campaign, Atiku was not in
Nigeria. He did not participate in the presidential campaign.
“After the presidential election,
he came to congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari and left the country. He is
complaining now that he was not contacted.
“I served as a Deputy Director at
the Presidential Campaign Council.
“ I knew all the intrigues. Atiku
fought Buhari tooth and nail. He was extremely unhappy about the loss of
presidential primaries.
“He did not campaign for Buhari
during the election. He even refused to contribute any money. He promised to
campaign and to contribute to the campaign. He did not contribute anything
meaningful.
“Let him say how much he spent.
How much did he claim he spent? Is his money more important than his appearance
at the campaign? He spent all the money he thinks he has to ensure that Buhari
did not win.
“People are not foolish. He told
the BBC in 2015 that he was sure that Buhari was not going to win. So, will
somebody who did not believe in the party’s candidate spend anything?
“And out of magnanimity, Buhari’s
first outing from Abuja, after winning the election, was to attend Atiku’s
daughter’s wedding.
“There are many Atiku loyalists
in this government and he is saying that he has been sidelined. She (Women
Affairs Minister Aisha Alhassan) and other Atiku loyalists were given
appointment because of Atiku. They know themselves. And Atiku is saying nothing
has been given to him. At least the principal appointment given to Atiku went
to Aisha as the Minister of Women Affairs.
“To be candid with you, Atiku
started fighting Buhari since 2015. They just came out now because they were
choked up; they did not get any reaction from him. They thought he was going to
start fighting, abusing and dealing mercilessly with the opposition in
government.”
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