Gbenga Daniel, former
director-general of the Atiku Campaign Organisation, says he will never abandon
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate.
Daniel, two-term governor of Ogun
state, had resigned his membership of the PDP on Saturday and announced that he
was quitting partisan politics.
After the announcement, Daniel
said his supporters were urging him to lead them to the All Progressives
Congress (APC).
Commenting on this, Femi
Fani-Kayode, a former minister of aviation, said it was sad that Daniel decided
to dump the opposition party “before the conclusion of Atiku’s election
petition”.
Fani-Kayode also accused Daniel
of taking sides with President Muhammadu Buhari After Abubakar was “rigged
out”.
“For the 1st DG of @atiku’s PCO
and his closest confidante in SW to dump @OfficialPDPNig and join
@OfficialAPCNg before the conclusion of Atiku’s election petition is sad.F or a
man that was gunning to be SGF in an Atiku govt. to join Buhari after Atiku was
rigged out is tragic!,” Fani-Kayode had written on his official Twitter handle.
But in a statement on Tuesday,
Daniel said he had not abandoned the former vice-president.
He also denied joining the APC,
explaining that he told his followers to “join any political party of their
choice”.
“I have not, will not and will
never abandon Atiku. Atiku is different from PDP. I have resigned from PDP and
lost interest in partisan politics having put in about 20 years of my life in a
thankless process,” Daniel said.
“I will commit my God-given
resources to help less privileged through my Foundation and will contribute
sharing the body of knowledge through our not for profit Political Academy.
That will be a thankful process.
“I will continue to support the
political process in a non partisan manner. I am clear with my position,
without any ambiguity. There is no need to insinuate, speculate, extrapolate,
anticipate or draw conclusions on my behalf.
“I did not expect such a simple
personal decision can generate such national discourse and for that I remain
grateful to God. I am however most grateful to all my friends and well wishers.
The phones have not stopped ringing. All the advice are well taken. My very
deep appreciation.”
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