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‘Power Comes Only From God’- Atiku Reaffirms Amid PDP Crisis

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Apr 20, 2024.

Atiku Abubakar emphasized political power’s divine origin amid disputes following the PDP’s NEC meeting.
Taofeek Arapaja, the PDP’s Deputy National Chairman (South), stated that the NEC cannot suspend Nyesome Wike.
The PDP NEC refrained from addressing alleged anti-party issues, maintaining Umar Damagum as the acting national chairman.

Eko Hot Blog reports that Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has reaffirmed his belief that political power is granted solely by divine authority, rather than by human intervention.

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This statement came amid recent disputes stemming from the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) 98th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting.

Punch reported that the comments made by the presidential candidate of the PDP in 2023 were shared in a WhatsApp group chat with his supporters on Friday, following the controversial NEC meeting in Abuja.

The former vice president, Atiku, who had contested six different times to become Nigeria’s president, but failed, said, “There is God. It is God that gives power, not anybody.”

Responding, one of the supporters of Atiku on the social media group said, “This is very true, Sir, and this same God will answer your heart desires and ours too.

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“When the day comes, we shall all be alive to celebrate together as one big family of good faith.

“All our hand work will not go to waste, there is always light at the end of the tunnel. We shall all walk and work together to witness the night. Victory shall be ours. It is well with you, Sir.”

Meanwhile, the Deputy National Chairman (South) of the party, Taofeek Arapaja, has responded to the increasing calls for the suspension of former Rivers State governor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesome Wike, and other members of the defunct G5 governors within the PDP, over alleged anti-party activities.

He revealed this in an interview with Punch on Friday, responding to the resolutions reached at Thursday’s party NEC meeting and its North Central Zone leadership meeting held on Wednesday night.

Prior to the two meetings, some prominent party chieftains, including former PDP governorship candidate in Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye, had stated that every top chieftain of the party accused of anti-party activities would face serious sanctions from the party’s NEC on Thursday.

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On Thursday, however, the PDP NEC refrained from commenting on the alleged anti-party issues and maintained the party’s former Vice Chairman (North), Umar Damagum, as the party’s acting national chairman until its next NEC meeting.

In response, Arapaja stated that the party’s NEC cannot suspend both Wike and Ortom because it is not within its jurisdiction to do so.

He said, “I think that is not part of the activities of the NEC. We have different committees like the reconciliation committee and the disciplinary committee.”

So we have internal mechanisms to deal with things like that. And then, they have never been accused; they have never been charged and they haven’t presented themselves for the disciplinary committee or anything. So, I don’t think that is for NEC to do.