Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of working with some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) to weaken the opposition and frustrate efforts to construct a united entrance.
Talking in an interview with BBC Hausa, Atiku stated the inner disaster within the PDP couldn’t be resolved as a result of a few of its senior members have been allegedly being utilized by the APC authorities to destabilise the celebration.
“Some senior members of the celebration have been allegedly being utilized by the federal government to additional destabilise the celebration, and we may see that of their actions and utterances,” he stated.
Atiku defined that he may have made agency choices to handle the disaster if he had been the celebration’s chairman or secretary.
“I used to be an influential particular person in PDP however I couldn’t repair it as a result of I used to be not the chairman or Secretary. I’ve referred to as them, and sat with them to have dialogue. Sadly, the folks occupying these positions have completely different pursuits which might be principally private to them,” he added.
He pressured that he shouldn’t be blamed for failing to resolve the disaster, as he didn’t occupy a place of authority within the celebration.
“If I had the possibility to repair it and didn’t, that’s when one may say I failed,” he added.
Atiku revealed that as a member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), he and different stakeholders have been already working to construct sturdy constructions and make sure the celebration is broadly accepted throughout the nation.
When requested if he deliberate to contest for the presidency beneath the ADC platform, he responded, “When the time comes, we will see.”
On Nigeria’s sixty fifth Independence anniversary, Atiku famous that whereas the nation has recorded some progress since independence, significantly in schooling, transportation, and street improvement, it’s nonetheless removed from the place it should be.
