The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate,
Atiku Abubakar has been accused of blocking the chances of the party returning
to power.
Atiku’s decision to stay away from the country and only
return during elections is said to be a stumbling block towards PDP’s push to
return to power.
The PDP presidential candidate had been residing in Dubai
since he lost the last presidential election in 2019.
He returned to Nigeria briefly during the party’s
presidential primary election which he won.
It was learnt that shortly after the primary election and
unveiling of his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa, the former Vice President flew
out of the country again, despite the crisis bedevilling the party.
However, Deji Adeyanju, a socio-political commentator, said
Atiku’s conduct and behaviour had shown that he does not have the interest of
the PDP at heart.
Adeyanju said the Waziri of Adamawa is not serious about
winning the 2023 presidential election.
In an interview with Dailypost, Adeyanju said: “From his
conduct and behaviour, Atiku has only his interest at heart, and anyway you
look at it, there is no way you can tell me that a man who scored almost 11
million votes will refuse to go to court even for one day on his own matter.
“We saw how Buhari consistently was at every sitting of the
Court of Appeal, Supreme Court pursuing his case. He was there with lots of his
supporters, that is, somebody who is serious about business.
“Atiku has become like a serial candidate; he wants to
contest every election. He just wants to be on the ballot. I’m yet to see his
level of seriousness and strategy.
“That’s why I was the first person to call him out; how can
you lose an election then go and spend three years in Dubai? Muslims just had
big Sallah, and Atiku is not in the country, and this is somebody who is a
frontrunner in the presidential election. He was not in Ekiti, and Osun is a
few days away, and he is missing in action.
“These are indices that the man is not serious, and that is
why I said except barring any last-minute dynamics; I see APC having the win
because the level of seriousness I expect from the opposition is not there.
“Six weeks after presidential primaries, ‘Obedient’ people
are still making noise on social media; they are not anywhere in the country,
not building any structure; they are just insulting people online. Kwankwaso
has the same thing; what is he doing aside from granting interviews, nothing.
So, these are not serious people.”
He lamented that while the All Progressives Congress, APC,
presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu is in Osun State campaigning for his party,
Atiku is “missing in action.”
The rights activist recalled a similar scenario during the
last governorship election in Ekiti State.
He added: “Tinubu was in Ekiti and was shouting broom,
broom; you will be shocked that he would soon be on his way to Osun. The
seriousness from the opposition is just not there.
“When somebody is not serious, of course, he is blocking
PDP’s chances of returning to power. If we say, somebody is not serious about a
strategy to win an election; it’s like Obi, who is just a social media
presidential candidate and likes to appear on TV to dazzle people with figures
that don’t add up sometimes.
“Look at Tinubu during the APC presidential primaries; he
didn’t grant one television interview, and he wasn’t on social media saying
anything. Osinbajo was popular on social media and doing the PR, yet he came
third. AMAECHI, who did not do anything, came second.
“So, politics is dynamic; you must be willing to do the
work.”
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