Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate for the 2019 election, has
dismissed the petition by the All Progressives Congress (APC) contesting his
citizenship as “idiotic”.
The former vice-president, who
spoke through his media aide, Paul Ibe, told Saturday Sun, that it was an
insult to Nigerians and the office of Vice President which he occupied for
eight years, for the APC to question his nationality.
“That is idiotic. It is idiotic.
And it is ridiculous. Atiku Abubakar is a former Vice President of Nigeria.
“Are they telling us that a
former Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is not a Nigerian?
That is disrespectful to Nigerians and for the office he has held, which other
people will hold and will continue to hold.
“Everything must not be on the
alter of politics,” Ibe said.
APC had filed a motion at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja,
stating Atiku is not a Nigerian.
The party in its petition filed
by its lead counsel, Lateef Fagbemi, faulted the candidacy of Atiku in the
election, adding that he is a Cameroonian.
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