Phrank Shaibu, an aide to Atiku Abubakar, presidential
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has tackled Nyesom Wike,
governor of Rivers, for criticising his principal.
On Monday, while speaking in Rivers, Wike said there is
“something fundamentally wrong” if Abubakar could not get the support of former
President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Obasanjo had in a letter to Nigerians on Sunday declared his
support for Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), ahead
of the presidential election.
In a statement on Tuesday, Shaibu, who is the special
assistant on public communication to Abubakar, said Obasanjo’s endorsement does
not translate to fitness for the office of the president.
He said Wike is “desperately trying to amuse Nigerians” on a
daily basis “because he lost the primary and also failed to emerge as the
vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party”.
Shaibu said Obasanjo’s endorsement of Obi does not mean that
Abubakar is unfit to be president.
“Going by Wike’s flawed logic, President Uhuru Kenyatta’s
refusal to support his Vice-President, William Ruto, meant that Ruto was unfit
for office. The great people of Kenya, however, do not think in a flawed manner
like Wike,” he said.
“What Wike failed to
acknowledge is that Atiku remains the only former Vice-President in the history
of Nigeria ever to be publicly endorsed by his principal and this happened in
2019 when Obasanjo decided to support him.
“When has the lack of support of an ex-president ever
translated to fitness of an office?
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