Atiku remains committed and Steadfast APC Chieftain – Group
A sociopolitical group, Turaki Vanguard has asked the factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Segun Adewale, to cross check his facts on his allegation linking former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to the lingering crisis in the erstwhile ruling party, saying Atiku remains a committed member of the ruling party.
A factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos state had alleged that presidential ambition of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is responsible for the crisis rocking the party.
A statement signed in Abuja yesterday by the coordinator of the group, Dimeji Fabiyi said “For the umpteenth time, Atiku Abubakar remains a committed member of the ruling APC 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 bedeviling the erstwhile ruling People’s 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 Turaki 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 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 presidency in 2019, but it will not be asking for too much if the Adewales of this country at least should let that decision come from Alhaji Atiku Abubakar rather than foist it down as cheap campaign of calumny,” the statement said.
