A socio-political group,
Turaki Vanguard, has asked the factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic
Party in Lagos State, Segun Adewale, to cross check his facts on his wild
allegation linking former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to the lingering crisis
in the erstwhile ruling party, reports ITRealms.
A press statement signed
by the Coordinator of the group, Dimeji Fabiyi, on Tuesday reiterated
the position that Abubakar remains a committed member of the All Progressives
Congress and has nothing to do with the crisis rocking the PDP.
The statement reads: “We
are alarmed to read the account of Mr. Segun Adewale on the crisis bedevilling
the erstwhile ruling Peoples Democratic Party and our consternation is more
confounding because of the witless attempt by the factional chairman of the PDP
in Lagos State to string the Turakin Adamawa to the crisis in the PDP.
“For the umpteenth time,
Atiku Abubakar remains a committed member of the ruling APC and he is not in
any way tangible connected to the crisis in the PDP or any other political
party. Mr. Adewale also made spurious allegations about the Turakin Adamawa
nursing a presidential ambition for 2019.
“In our opinion as a
socio-political group loyal to the political cause of Atiku Abubakar, it will
be a welcome development if indeed Atiku decides to contest for the president
in 2019, but it will not be asking for too much if the Adewales of this world
at least, let that decision come from Atiku Abubakar rather than foist it down
as cheap campaign of calumny.
“Be that as it may, it
will be appropriate to mention that 2019 is still a long way away, and neither
Mr. Adewale nor anyone else in his cohort can play God in deciding what happens tomorrow.
On that premise, the Turakin Adamawa is not currently pre-occupied with 2019
and any possibilities that year can hold.
He is more committed to working with
his party, the APC to overcome the challenges of the current economic recession
and making life better for Nigerians, expanding the national dialogue towards
creating a political structure that works for every Nigerian.
Thus, Atiku
currently has his plate full with issues of education, entrepreneurship and
jobs creation; certainly, 2019 isn’t a menu in that plate.”
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