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2023 Election: Atiku is Loyal to the Constitution – Melaye

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Nov 21, 2022.

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The leading opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has defended its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in what seems like a trade of words.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Committee has replied to the comment of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

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APC’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, while speaking in Warri, made comments about the profile of his opposition, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP.

Asiwaju Tinubu who was speaking during the APC Delta State governorship campaign at weekend said Atiku fought his former President Olusegun Obasanjo when he was vice president.

The APC candidate had said to the large crowd during the campaign, “When Atiku was there, he was fighting his boss in public”.

In a reply to the comments made by Asiwaju Tinubu, the spokesperson for the PDP campaign committee, Senator Dino Melaye, said Atiku was a man who defended the rule of law.

Melaye stated this in a statement where he said that Atiku’s loyalty was to the constitution not to an individual.

Read part of the statement: “In a fit of temporary coherence, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, in Delta State, as usual, departed from issues and devoted his limited attention to His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar, who must be giving him nightmares on the 2023 presidential election.

“According to the APC presidential candidate, Atiku ‘fought’ Obasanjo while in office. We owe him deep gratitude that Tinubu recalled this fine attribute of Atiku Abubakar, who while he served as the vice president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria defended the constitution and deepened Nigeria’s democracy.

“It is not a surprise that Tinubu would castigate a man who defended the rule of law. A man who is running from the law on many fronts cannot see merit in defending the rule of law.

“It is to Atiku’s eternal credit that he stood firm in pursuit of his conviction that the loyalty of public officers is to the constitution and not to individuals. This position will definitely be at variance with the disposition of a man of tyrannical antecedents like Tinubu, who in exhibition of undemocratic tendencies fought his female Deputy Governor, Mrs Kofo Akereke-Bucknor, until she was removed from office. The treatment he gave to Mr Femi Pedro was not any better. Why then did he focus on the jot in someone’s eyes while overlooking the log on his own?”

“The removal of Tinubu’s first deputy governor from office was a gross betrayal of Afenifere, who had nominated the former deputy governor as part of the group’s understanding for supporting Tinubu’s election as governor of Lagos State. This conduct is proof that Tinubu cannot be trusted with power.”

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