2023 presidency: Atiku in trouble as group dumps him, embraces Saraki
- Former Senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has won the support of a defunct pro-Atiku Abubakar support group
- This was disclosed by leader of the group, Mufra Jibrin, when he led a delegation to visit national coordinator of Saraki is coming
- Jibrin said his former group did not gain anything from supporting former vice president Atiku Abubakar since 2016
In what can be described as a big blow to the political ambition of former vice president Atiku Abubakar, a powerful group has abandoned him.
The group, Atiku Ambassadors, a defunct pro-Atiku Abubakar support group, has instead, pledged its total support for former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, in the 2023 presidential race, Daily Nigerian reports.
According to leader of the group, Mufra Jibrin, his former group did not gain anything from supporting former vice president Atiku Abubakar since 2016 through 2019 general election.
Source: Twitter
He made this known when he led a delegation to the national coordinator of ‘Saraki Is Coming Door To Door’ organisation, Umar Faringado Kazaure, at his residence in Abuja.
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Speaking with journalists, he added that despite expending their resources for years, Atiku did not appreciate them for once, Leadership Newspaper added.
He said:
“We have since realised it’s no longer worth it supporting Atiku. Moreover there is time for everything in life. It’s now the turn of a much younger, energetic and experienced candidate in the person of Saraki, to become Nigeria’s next president in 2023.
“Given the current state of the nation, Nigeria needs Saraki to turn things around. His competence and patriotism are never in doubt because we all saw how he presided over the 8th Senate and by extension the National Assembly. He made National Assembly productive and we can see the difference today.
“Therefore, we will start our support by first obtaining nomination forms for Dr. Bukola Saraki to contest the presidential election at our own cost."
2023: I will defeat Atiku, Saraki, others to clinch PDP ticket, Dele Momodu boasts after declaring to run for president
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that Dele Momodu journalist and publisher of Ovation Magazine, says he has been preserved by God to become Nigeria’s president.
Momodu made this assertion on Thursday, January 13, during an interview.
Asked if he can withstand the influence of Atiku Abubakar and other PDP aspirants, Momodu said he is the biggest brand in Nigeria, adding that no aspirant has friends across party lines like him.
Sources say Atiku will declare his presidential ambition soon
In a related report, there were indications that a former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku is getting ready to make his 2023 ambition public.
A PDP chieftain who spoke with Vanguard revealed that the ex-vice president will declare his intention to run for the presidency no later than the first quarter of 2022.
The PDP source who preferred to remain anonymous stated that among the party's aspirants, Atiku is outstanding and has a much better chance of victory during the election.
Advising other aspirants to wait for another time, the source claimed that Atiku's profile ranks high locally and internationally and that he is the sort of politician any party will be glad to have in its fold.
Source: Legit.ng
