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From Charity Nwakaudu, Abuja
The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, has fired a salvo at former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, over the recent formation of a coalition.
Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, yesterday, Kachikwu said Nigeria is not for a particular region.
He said the Atiku-led coalition is not a rescue movement for Nigerians but a political gang up by old politicians that seek power for personal economic gains.
“What we have here today is a gang unable to survive outside political office, seeking to hijack the ADC as a means to revive their personal economies. They are truly on a rescue mission, but it is a mission to rescue themselves from the harsh economic realities, which they themselves created for our nation.”
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Kachikwu said Atiku’s belief that presidency is the birthright of the north is responsible for the current disintegration in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According to him, “Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, a man whose antecedents clearly shows he doesn’t believe anyone from the southern part of Nigeria is deserving of being president of Nigeria orchestrated this charade for his personal benefit.
“He almost truncated President Olusegun Obasanjo’s return for a second term because he believed the seat was his. President Jonathan suffered the same fate and then after eight years of late President Muhammadu Buhari, the same Atiku believed it was morally right for him to be the presidential flag bearer of the PDP in the last presidential elections.
“This was most unjust and unfair and led to the current disintegration of that party. He is now using some charlatans to deceive former Governor Peter Obi that only he Atiku has what it takes to win an election because he can get the majority of the North to vote for him. This is most uncharitable of him.”
Kachikwu added that it was the right of southern Nigeria to rule for eight years and anyone who must unseat Tinubu in 2027 must be from the south.
