"A respected leader": Atiku Greets Peter Obi as He Adds Another Year

• The PDP presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has referred to his counterpart in the Labour Party, Peter Obi, as a respected leader
• In his greeting to the former governor of Anambra State, Atiku extolled the leadership qualities of Obi and described him as a distinguished politician
• Obi was the running mate of Atiku in the 2019 presidential election, but four years after, Obi dumped the PDP and contested against Atiku in the 2023 poll

Atiku Abubakar, the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 presidential election, has sent a warm birthday greeting to his counterpart in the Labour Party, Peter Obi.

In a tweet on his page on Wednesday, July 19, the former vice president described the former governor of Anambra as a respected leader and distinguished politician in the fourth republic.

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How Atiku hailed Peter Obi on his birthday

Atiku and Obi ran a joint ticket under the PDP in the 2019 presidential election, but four years after, Obi left the PDP and contested against Atiku in the 2023 presidential election under the platform of the Labour Party.

In the recently-concluded presidential election, Atiku and Obi scored over six million votes each, coming second and third. At the same time, President Bola Tinubu was declared the winner.

Atiku and Obi have declined to accept defeat in the election, but many political pundits have traced their loss to the crisis that rocked the PDP ahead of the poll.

Atiku extols Peter Obi's leadership quality on his 62nd birthday

However, Atiku, while greeting Obi on his 62nd birthday, said that he and his family reckoned with the Labour Party's flagbearer's "dedication to service and growth continues to inspire" while wishing him well in the years ahead.

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He said:

"Happy 62nd birthday to @PeterObi, a respected leader and distinguished former governor of Anambra state and presidential candidate of the Labour Party. Your dedication to service and growth continues to inspire."

See the tweet here:

“Life is to be taken easy": Atiku's aide mocks Adamu for resigning as APC chair

Legit.ng earlier reported that Daniel Bwala, a former aide to Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential flagbearer in the 2023 election, has alleged that Abdullahi Adamu refused to pay him some legal fees.

Adamu, who recently resigned as APC national chairman, was accused by Bwala of insisting that he would not be paid for the fee because he left the APC for the PDP.

Bwala was a former member of the APC before joining the PDP over the Muslim-Muslim ticket of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima.

Source: Legit.ng