A youth group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), known as the Arewa PDP Youth Transparency Group, has criticised former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, claiming he has damaged his reputation within the party.
In a statement released on Sunday, June 2, by its national chairman, Haruna Bature, the group accused Atiku of making a “dishonest conclusion” that the North must produce the next PDP presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, which they believe contributed to the party’s embarrassing failure.
The statement was issued in response to comments from a purported aide of Atiku, Abdulaziz Na’ibi Abubakar, who claimed that FCT Minister Nyensom Wike would soon be retired from politics.
The PDP youth group dismissed the remarks, describing Abubakar as an “internally displaced political aide” who is futilely attempting to undermine the effective FCT minister.
Bature said: “His (Abubakar) reckless statement that Wike’s political influence will soon come to an end can only be described as laughable because in deconstructing such ranting from the figment of his lazy imagination, you can just be happy rather than being sad.
“Atiku’s political aide is only trying to obstruct Wike’s progress, by misleading people, but, we all know that when a mind is diseased, there is hardly much you can do to point such to decency.
“Atiku and his cohorts have succeeded in parading themselves as defeatists, beaten roundly by the group led by political octopus, H. E. Nyesom Wike, the Political wizard cum General.
“You are all aware how in 2014 Atiku worked against PDP ahead of the 2015 election which was when his end in politics was prescribed. Since then till now, he contested twice and he failed completely. He (Atiku) has injured his reputation’s capital in the party.
“His dishonest conclusion that the North must produce the next presidential candidate in PDP in 2023 later brought an embarrassing failure to us and the party because of selfish interest and perfidious desire. His foul language against River State people was evidence of poor political breeding.
“Atiku and his camp were flourishing industry of political lies, as a frustrated politician promoting fake news against the person of Wike. Forensic reports show that Atiku’s camp is practicing agbero politics, by our calculation Atiku remains an expired politician since the day he worked against PDP in 2015 and so shall it be.
“As it is now, Wike is picking up the pieces of the party for reconstruction, bridging the gaps and reuniting it for generational change where everyone can see as a mirror to picture himself and have a say.
“Wike as a minister under the APC government has disarmed everyone with his performance in just one year, without a sense of history society is sentenced to start worshipping false characters like Atiku.
“The evidence that PDP need redemption is everywhere, so the upcoming ward congress is an acid test between Wike and Atiku camp, we are moved to respond to the infantile, ignorant, pedestrian, low quality, confused and rambling publication of Atiku aide called Abdul Aziz Na’ibi advice has cost Atiku the failure he never bargains for,” Buture said.
