Hon. Shina Abiola Peller, a member of the Federal House of Representatives, has described former Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku as an enemy of Nigeria.
Peller, who represents Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency, in Oyo State, made this disclosure on Monday in reaction to the sudden position of Atiku on the issue of 2023 Presidency.
Atiku, one of the leading figures from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) jostling to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari had in 2014, worked against the PDP insisting that the next president should come from the Northern part of the country.
However, in the build-up to the next General election, Atiku who left the PDP in 2014 because of zoning is the latest apostle of anti zoning and making all efforts to ensure power remains in the North after 8 years of Buhari’s Presidency.
Peller, who was elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has, however, described Atiku as an enemy of Nigeria adding that he’s a typical Nigerian politician who is ready to twist the fact, manipulate and mislead the people in order to satisfy his presidential ambition.
The lawmaker in a statement made issued on Monday, through his Press Secretary, Kola Popoola said that Atiku was making a deliberate attempt to mislead the people for selfish political reasons.
He said, “Going by his recent utterances, Alhaji Atiku has just proven to us again that he is one of the typical Nigerian politicians who is ever ready to manipulate the people, twist the fact and mislead people to satisfy their political interest, even if it means at the detriment of unity, peace and progress of our dear country.
“For me, I strongly believe that only an enemy of Nigeria will want to keep power in the North as far as 2023 is concerned.
“The South is bleeding: Yorubas are agitating for Oduduwa Nation; the Igbos are agitating for Biafra, a clear indication that these groups feel marginalized, while the Northerners have retained the position of the President for eight years (2 uninterrupted terms of 4 years). In the interest of peace, it is only fair that the South should produce the next Nigerian President”.
