APC national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, revealed the party’s position at a news conference yesterday in Abuja. LEADERSHIP Friday recalls that Atiku and his party had rejected the results of last Saturday’s presidential election in which the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) declared President Muhammadu Buhari winner, alleging irregularities and vowing to challenge it in court.
However, the APC is already looking forward to defending its victory in the law court. Oshiomhole said, “You cannot possibly deny anyone the right to dispute the outcome of an election, however free and fair, but like me, when I believed I was cheated out, I went to court and I mobilised my evidence, I had the benefit of being very resourceful. So, we hope and we are looking forward to meeting Atiku Abubakar in court.”
He also chided Atiku for thinking that the country’s future was tied to his presidency, even as pointed out that the Adamawa-born politician was not destined to be Nigeria’s president. “I think it also borders on arrogance for Atiku Abubakar to suggest that our future is tied to his presidency. Atiku is destined never to be president of Nigeria and I ask you to review his character during the election. Leadership is about character.
Atiku’s desperation is so obvious, so desperate that in 2003, it is on record, he challenged his own boss, President Olusegun Obasanjo not to do a second term and, in the end, they fought naked at Wuse market. “Subsequently, Atiku defected to Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN); I was in ACN then. We offered him the ticket. Like Fr. Mbaka would say, Atiku became like a big bird, like a vulture that couldn’t fly, and he lost that election.
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