Atiku's Chances In Serious Dilemma As Powerful Ex-Obasanjo's Minister Reveals PDP Candidate Lies

• Former minister under Olusegun Obasanjo's administration, Oby Ezekwesili, has urged PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to stop lying to PDP
• While replying to Atiku's claim, Ezekwesili said the former vice president lied by saying he was the head of the economic team during the Obasanjo's administration
• Atiku has taken to his Twitter page to claim that he was instrumental to make the private sector functioning under Obasanjo's administration because he was the head of the economic team

Oby Ezekwesili, the former minister of education under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has urged Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stop misleading the public.

The former minister said this while reacting to the claim by the former vice president on his Twitter page that he was the head of the Obasanjo-led government economic team.

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Obi, who served as minister while Atiku served as vice president under Obasanjo between 1999 and 2007, said the PDP flagbearer was never the head of Obasanjo's government's Economic Management Team (EMT).

Atiku has taken to his Twitter page on Tuesday, January, 17, to reveal that he was the head of the economic management team of the Olusegun Obasanjo administration.

He said:

"As head of the economic management team, while I was Vice President, I was instrumental in designing a private sector revival strategy and advocated for the opening of the economy for private sector investments in several sectors. And we made tremendous progress."

Reacting to the claim, the former minister claimed that Atiku was never the head of the economic management team of Obasanjo's administration, urging the PDP presidential candidate to stop misleading the public.

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She said:

Dear former Vice President Atiku, please ask the handlers of your @Twitter account to stop misleading the public. You were never the Head of the Economic Management Team.

This absurd Lie does you no good at all. Please ask your Team to stop it.

See the tweet here:

New tension erupts in PDP as prominent chieftain makes strong allegation against Ayu

Legit.ng earlier reported that the national chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, has been accused of fueling the discord in the Kano state chapter of the party.

Lailah Buhari, the senatorial candidate of the PDP for Kano central, specifically accused Ayu while expressing fear that the division in the party could scuttle its chances in next month's poll.

Buhari, whose election was recently upheld by an appeal court, is the only female candidate contesting for elective position across all parties in Kano in the 2023 election.

Source: Legit.ng