A coalition of Niger Delta Youth
has advised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to suspend his presidential
ambition.
The group asked him to rather sit
back and play leadership role in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The group also cautioned Senator
Ben-Murray Bruce for flaunting Atiku, reminding him that Atiku was the reason
that former President Goodluck Jonathan lost his reelection in 2015.
The coalition in a statement
signed by its Chairman, Harry Lawson and Secretary, Preye Wilson, on Wednesday,
welcomed the Turaki of Adamawa into the party but urged forget his presidential
ambition.
The statement read: “We, the
Niger Delta Coalition wish to welcome former Vice President Atiku Abubakar back
to the umbrella, a party he formed with other eminent Nigerians in 1998.
“We wish to remind the former
Vice President that he destroyed, battered and abandoned the PDP on the October
31st 2013 for a greener pasture in another political party when he was needed
most.
“However, we welcome Atiku
Abubakar back to the PDP, the party which he called his home. We are happy he
has realised his wrong decisions and is back to make amends.
“Nevertheless, we wish to tell
him that if PDP is truly his home as he has claimed, then we expect that he
plays nothing less than a leadership role in the party. He should channel all
his efforts towards the reconstruction, strengthening and building a strong
political base for the party. He should truly be a leader and help the party
develop winning strategies. He should help in reconciling and bringing back
aggrieved members.
“We from the Niger Delta are
still nursing the wounds over the role he played that frustrated the
re-election of former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015. We are also aware that
Atiku is wielding so much financial lobby in the Niger Delta to gather support
for his Presidential ambition” they said.
“We expect that the former Vice
President should for now bury his Presidential ambition as a display of
uncommon leadership and as part of his atonement. He should rather work towards
assisting the party to produce an impeccable and credible candidate that will
help PDP wrestle the Presidency from the ruling All Progressives Congress, come
2019.”
The coalition also cautioned
Senator Bruce for his recent romance with the former vice President at the
expense of the region.
“We call on all the leaders from
the region especially Senator Ben-Murray Bruce not to fall for his inducements
but courageously advice him to be an exemplary leader and allow those who have
been dedicated their energy and time to the party to take the shot,” the
statement said.
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Is it not the same atiku that d Niger delta youths accused of owning oil wells at their expense?? Is it the same atiku that PDP and Jonathan said he was a boko haram sponsor
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