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As the storm gradually settles after the 25th of February presidential election, PDP candidate Atiku Abubakar has been advised to eschew the opportunism which eclipsed PDP and halted Mr. Peter Obi’s self-made popularity sweeping across the country.
A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Osita Okechukwu, reacting on Sunday to Atiku’s allegations that Obi’s move to the Labour Party denied PDP votes in the South East, challenged the PDP presidential candidate for making such claims about the recent presidential poll.
The Voice of Nigeria (VON) Director General regretted that Atiku glossed over the obvious fact that his desperation and crass opportunism led to PDP’s defeat only to blame Mr Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party.
‘Imagine what could have been the result of the 2023 presidential election if it was mainly between APC & PDP? Atiku had while addressing a press conference in Abuja last Friday, stated that Obi’s movement to Labour Party took PDP’s votes in Southeast and South/south,” Mr Okechukwu said.
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In his statement, Okechukwu wondered why Atiku wanted to deceive Nigerians with the false narrative that Obi rushed out of PDP when in actual fact it was Atiku’s insistence to contest the zoning principle that propelled Obi to find an alternative platform.
Okechukwu, who is a foundation member of APC, recalled how the former Vice President brought his opportunism to APC to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari for the APC presidential ticket in 2014 on the patriotic premise of rotation convention.
‘Now, for Atiku to play the blame game by bellyaching against Mr. Peter Obi, who turned out as the hero of the 2023 presidential election, is quite distressing,’ he continued.
‘How can Atiku claim that Obi was scared out by PDP governors when it was public knowledge that his huge war chest and competition with Nyesom Wike made PDP’s primary too contentious and corrupt for Mr. Peter Obi?
‘It was actually Atiku’s opportunism that eclipsed the PDP and halted Obi’s hurricane. The simple truth is that His Excellency, Atiku Abubukar’s opportunism eclipsed the PDP.”
Meanwhile, Mr Osita, Okechukwu has pleaded with Atiku to retire honourably from active politics instead of playing the sore loser and sulking publicly with false narratives.
