Former Nigeria vice president,
Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to reports at the weekend which claimed that he is
open to join the Olusegun Obasanjo-inspired Coalition for Nigeria Movement,
CNM.
A report emerged in some section
of the media on Saturday that the former Vice President, who recently returned
to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the ruling All Progressives
Congress, APC, was willing to join Obasanjo’s newly formed Movement.
Obasanjo had, during his
registration as a member of the coalition in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital,
on Thursday, stated that the movement was never a political party, adding that
he would withdraw from it if it morphed into one.
But speaking with Dailypost on
the matter, the spokesperson to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Mr. Paul Ibe said,
“Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is focusing on the hope of his new political party.
“His Excellency is in the Peoples
Democratic Party which is in expansion. The party is reaching out to its
members who defected to the APC prior to the 2015 election and also reaching
out to other political parties.
“Obasanjo’s Movement is an
anachronism. No one knows the direction of the Coalition and you don’t expect
his Excellency to be part of such movement.
“You can’t work with a man like
Obasanjo who has dismissed your political party. He has even torn his
membership card and declared his retirement from partisan politics. So what is
his movement all about?
“Atiku cannot belong to
Obasanjo’s sponsored Movement.”
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