Alhaji Atiku Abubakar
Former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has directed his supporters, spread across the political parties in Adamawa State, to support without reservations the incumbent governor, Murtala Nyako, in the forthcoming governorship elections scheduled for January 14, 2012.
Atiku , who stated this in Yola, while addressing executives and members of the state chapter of Labour Party (LP) who paid him a courtesy call on Tuesday, said the merging of LP with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was a healthy political development that would pave way for a more formidable and united PDP.
He affirmed that the collapse of the political structure of the LP in the state to support the ruling party signals the death of opposition in Adamawa state.
“Since almost all the aggrieved members and the entire Labour Party (LP) have made a u-turn to declare support for Governor Murtala Nyako and our great party, the PDP, there is no more opposition in Adamawa State. Opposition is dead because the people that matter in Adamawa politics have reunited for the sake of our party’s growth,” Atiku stressed
He disclosed that those who left the PDP, to the best of his knowledge, were aggrieved and had no option than to go and form the LP to pursue their various aspirations.
“Those that left the PDP and formed the Labour Party were founding fathers of the Adamawa PDP. They have decided to return to the PDP fold in order to rebuild the once-vibrant house they left in protest,” Atiku said.
The former vice-president expressed happiness that the clarion call he made to all aggrieved founding fathers of the PDP was yielding positive results following the collapse of the entire Labour Party structure to re-join with the PDP.
“I have been communicating and appealing to all aggrieved PDP members, who left the party for obvious reasons to forget the past and return to the party in order to give full support to Governor Murtala Nyako’s return bid. What we are seeing today is a good development,” Atiku stated.
The good thing about the renewed call for support and encouragement for Nyako to be re-elected, according to Atiku, was based on the perception of the people of the state that the governor had done exceptionally well in governing the state.
“Those that are returning to the PDP from LP are coming with good intentions which I believe will not only bring unity of purpose, progress and intra party discipline to the PDP but to the people of Adamawa State,” the former Vice-President declared.
Atiku said Nyako had good intention for people of the state and was doing well, but argued that at some point “his attention was diverted due to the nagging intra party crisis that rocked the party in recent past.
“If majority of the people of Adamawa state are benefitting from the Nyako led administration, I see no reason why we should not join hands to give him the much needed encouragement and support to forge ahead instead of ganging up to pull him down,” he added.
He, therefore, urged the people of the state to beware of those hiding under party to pursue ethno religious sentiments, saying the PDP has come to stay in the state, and “all those with selfish interests and are hiding under parties do not mean well for Adamawa people.”
Atiku added that all hands must be on deck to ensure that Nyako is returned, promising that he would work in conjunction with the party structure to deliver Adamawa to the PDP.
Earlier, Chairman of the LP in the state, Medan Teneke, had said their decision to collapse the party and return to the PDP; a party they left in protest was informed by Atiku’s plea that all aggrieved founding members should return with the sole aim of working for the re-election of Nyako.
“We left to form the Labour Party because we felt aggrieved with the way things were managed in the PDP then; in politics there is no permanent enemy but permanent interest. Now we are back to rebuild the PDP, and this is good. Like the former Vice President said, with us back into the PDP, opposition is dead in Adamawa state” Teneke said.
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar
Former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has directed his supporters, spread across the political parties in Adamawa State, to support without reservations the incumbent governor, Murtala Nyako, in the forthcoming governorship elections scheduled for January 14, 2012.
Atiku , who stated this in Yola, while addressing executives and members of the state chapter of Labour Party (LP) who paid him a courtesy call on Tuesday, said the merging of LP with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was a healthy political development that would pave way for a more formidable and united PDP.
He affirmed that the collapse of the political structure of the LP in the state to support the ruling party signals the death of opposition in Adamawa state.
“Since almost all the aggrieved members and the entire Labour Party (LP) have made a u-turn to declare support for Governor Murtala Nyako and our great party, the PDP, there is no more opposition in Adamawa State. Opposition is dead because the people that matter in Adamawa politics have reunited for the sake of our party’s growth,” Atiku stressed
He disclosed that those who left the PDP, to the best of his knowledge, were aggrieved and had no option than to go and form the LP to pursue their various aspirations.
“Those that left the PDP and formed the Labour Party were founding fathers of the Adamawa PDP. They have decided to return to the PDP fold in order to rebuild the once-vibrant house they left in protest,” Atiku said.
The former vice-president expressed happiness that the clarion call he made to all aggrieved founding fathers of the PDP was yielding positive results following the collapse of the entire Labour Party structure to re-join with the PDP.
“I have been communicating and appealing to all aggrieved PDP members, who left the party for obvious reasons to forget the past and return to the party in order to give full support to Governor Murtala Nyako’s return bid. What we are seeing today is a good development,” Atiku stated.
“I have been communicating and appealing to all aggrieved PDP members, who left the party for obvious reasons to forget the past and return to the party in order to give full support to Governor Murtala Nyako’s return bid. What we are seeing today is a good development,” Atiku stated.
The good thing about the renewed call for support and encouragement for Nyako to be re-elected, according to Atiku, was based on the perception of the people of the state that the governor had done exceptionally well in governing the state.
“Those that are returning to the PDP from LP are coming with good intentions which I believe will not only bring unity of purpose, progress and intra party discipline to the PDP but to the people of Adamawa State,” the former Vice-President declared.
Atiku said Nyako had good intention for people of the state and was doing well, but argued that at some point “his attention was diverted due to the nagging intra party crisis that rocked the party in recent past.
“If majority of the people of Adamawa state are benefitting from the Nyako led administration, I see no reason why we should not join hands to give him the much needed encouragement and support to forge ahead instead of ganging up to pull him down,” he added.
He, therefore, urged the people of the state to beware of those hiding under party to pursue ethno religious sentiments, saying the PDP has come to stay in the state, and “all those with selfish interests and are hiding under parties do not mean well for Adamawa people.”
Atiku added that all hands must be on deck to ensure that Nyako is returned, promising that he would work in conjunction with the party structure to deliver Adamawa to the PDP.
Earlier, Chairman of the LP in the state, Medan Teneke, had said their decision to collapse the party and return to the PDP; a party they left in protest was informed by Atiku’s plea that all aggrieved founding members should return with the sole aim of working for the re-election of Nyako.
“We left to form the Labour Party because we felt aggrieved with the way things were managed in the PDP then; in politics there is no permanent enemy but permanent interest. Now we are back to rebuild the PDP, and this is good. Like the former Vice President said, with us back into the PDP, opposition is dead in Adamawa state” Teneke said.
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