Babafemi Ojudu, special adviser
to the president on political matters, says former Vice-President Atiku
Abubakar is playing his last political card.
Ojudu said this when he appeared
on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme.
Describing the former
vice-president as a serial defector, he accused Abubakar of being desperate
with his presidential ambition.
Abubakar had defected to the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after accusing the government of President
Muhammadu Buhari of sidelining him.
Ojudu claimed that Abubakar did
not make any meaningful contribution to the All Progressives Congress (APC), a
party he co-fiunded.
“Atiku’s defection is not
surprising. During the meeting of the G-19, the Legacy Group that formed the
APC, Atiku was there. We laid our programmes as a government before the party
leaders and asked for their contributions. He was the only person who refused
to talk,” he said.
“The second time the meeting was
called, Atiku did not attend. We knew that he would leave. Each time he wants
to leave a house, he demolishes the house.
“Though it will be stupid to
dismiss his weight, he is an asset to an extent that he stays there. His goal
is to become president. If he cannot get the ticket, he will leave.
“Atiku is playing his last card.
He is desperate to be president. If President Buhari gets a second term, he
knows that the presidency will go to another region. Before it goes back to the
north, it may take years and he would have become old.
“What were the contributions of
Atiku to APC’s efforts to rebuild Nigeria? What has he done in Adamawa to solve
the problem of unemployment? What agenda for youths did he take to the
president that was rejected?”
Ojudu accused Abubakar of
twisting facts and whipping up sentiments against Buhari and the leadership of
APC.
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