Saturday, November 23

It’s Infantile, Ridiculous of APC to Say Atiku is Not a Nigerian – Ibe

By Seun Adams The Media Aide to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Mazi Paul Ibe on Saturday, asserted that it is infantile and ridiculous of the All Progressives Congress (APC)say that the Waziri Adamawa, Atiku Abubakar, is not a Nigerian. He said added that it shows to Nigerians the type of characters in APC and its government. Ibe, in a statement, said such posture of the ruling party appears pedestrian and straw clutching desperation on their part, that should not be dignified it with an answer. He said: “Our lawyers would, of course, do the needful in court. But the point I want to draw the attention of Nigerians to is that both the APC and its candidate have by this infantile logic admitted to the fact that they trampled on the will of Nigerians and that their only defence is to attempt an unconstitutional redefinition of the term ‘Nigerian’. “Atiku Abubakar, told us previously that he has verifiable and incontrovertible evidence to show that the last presidential elections were fraudulent, not credible and did not reflect the will of the Nigerian people.” The Media Aide, said he has been vindicated by the response of the APC, and its candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari, to his petition to the Electoral Tribunal hearing the petition he filed. He said: “The former Vice President based his case on facts and statistical evidence and challenged both the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the APC, to disprove his factual submissions. “The fact that the APC chose to base its defence on the ridiculous assertion that the Waziri Adamawa is not a Nigerian should show to Nigerians the type of characters we have in the APC and its government, whose legitimacy runs out on May 29, 2019. “I am, however, confident in the Nigerian judiciary, as well as in the Nigerian people. I trust that the Tribunal will treat such a claim with the contempt it deserves. “We must maintain our fidelity to the rule of law and to our fountain of origin, the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as amended). “Atiku Abubakar has served our nation diligently in various capacities, form the civil service, where he rose through merit, to the top of his chosen field, to public service, where, by the grace of God, he was the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.” “Moreover, he has committed his assets and talents to developing our nation through the provision of tens of thousands of direct jobs and hundreds of thousands of indirect jobs. “I make bold to state that those who have made Nigeria the world headquarters for extreme poverty are the very people whose Nigerianness should be in doubt, and not a man, who worked with President Olusegun Obasanjo to double the per capita Income of our nation in less than eight years.”

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