Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has dismissed reports
that the All Progressives Congress, APC, Enugu State Chapter shunned a
purported presidential campaign parley called by Integrity Group, which is
linked to him.
A statement signed by Atiku’s Media Office stressed that,
“the so-called Integrity Group is not known to Atiku Abubakar, the Atiku Media
Office and the supposedly held parley by the group, is not known to the former
Vice President.”
The statement reads in part: “The news about this event is,
at worst, the handiwork of some opportunists, political jobbers and
shortsighted schemers who are out to do all they can to create power struggles
for nothing but, their own selfish ends.
“As such, the Atiku Media Office seeks to distance itself
and the former Vice President from such group or persons.
“The Atiku Media Office restates that what is of paramount
importance to Atiku Abubakar (presently in Saudi Arabia to perform the lesser
Hajj), at this critical stage of the life of our nation is party unity,
unconditional support for the Acting President and prayers for the recovery and
return of the President.
“The former Vice President, is focused on lending his time
and best endeavours to the President to ensure that the country turns the
corner by overcoming the present ravaging recession and inflation and put food
on the table for the average Nigerian citizen. The time for politics is yet, a
while away”, the statement concluded.”
By Seun Opejobi
