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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ayekooto Akindele, has mocked former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over the possible refusal of Peter Obi as his presidential running mate.
Akindele said Atiku is desperately looking for a presidential running mate from the Southern part of Nigeria.
In what seems like a mockery, Akindele said Atiku’s options are now limited to Timi Frank, Bode George, Debo Ologbondiyan, Rotimi Amaechi, and Tom Ikimi.
Posting on Facebook, he wrote: “With the high possibility of Obi’s refusal, Atiku is desperately shopping for a southern running mate and since he cannot get any SS governor to accept and to fund him, his options are limited to Timi Frank, AdeDancer, Bode George, Ologbondiyan, Amaechi or Tom Ikimi.”
This comes as Obi said his involvement in the opposition coalition was to fight against bad governance, hunger, and poverty, not personal political ambition.
He made this remark while reacting to reports of an alleged agreement with Atiku to serve as his presidential running mate in 2027.
According to the report, Atiku had agreed to serve for only one term and was willing to formalize the agreement in writing.’
In other news, Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, says the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara remains his political son.
Wike made the assertion in an interview with BBC Pidgin published on Saturday afternoon.
According to the minister, the battle was not against Fubara but those he claimed had been pushing the governor against him.
