The African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential
candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has fired back at the Minister of the Federal
Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, over Wike’s recent remark on Atiku not
getting 10% of votes in next year’s general elections.
In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public
Communication, Phrank Shaibu, the former Vice President said the electorate in
Rivers State is intelligent enough to decide the outcome of elections in the
state.
He stated that no individual, regardless of influence or
access to federal power, can dictate how an entire state will vote.
Wike had vowed that Atiku would not
secure up to 10 per cent of the total votes cast in the 2027 presidential
election in Rivers State.
In a swift response, Atiku said that the minister’s comments
only exposed the growing panic within the Tinubu camp over the emergence of a
formidable opposition coalition under the ADC.
According to him, Nigerians are more concerned about the
soaring cost of living, worsening insecurity, and economic hardship than the
political predictions of a minister who appears to have abandoned governance
for perpetual electioneering.
He added that it was both amusing and disturbing that Wike
now speaks as though Rivers voters are his personal property to be allocated at
will.
“Rivers vote are not your property. The people of Rivers
State are not political slaves. They are intelligent, independent-minded
Nigerians who will make their choices based on the realities confronting them
and the future they desire for their children.
“No individual, regardless of influence or access to federal
power, can dictate how an entire state will vote,” he said.
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