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BUHARI'S BATTLE WITH ATIKU'S LAST DANCE..
BUHARI'S BATTLE WITH ATIKU'S LAST DANCE..
Buhari’s battle with Atiku’s last dance
— 16th September 2017
BY BENEDICT ODINAKA writing for Odogwu Media's Blog.
Another general election is fast approaching even though it is still almost two years ahead. Politicians
are already beating their usual drums for power as they get ready for an
imminent showdown in 2019. And those familiar with the architecture of
politics in this clime can easily see the early signs of what to expect
in the coming election.
That the race for the next general
elections has began, is no more at the realm of speculation nor the
subject discussed in hushed tones. The way it stands now, those who want to
throw their hats into the ring can no longer hide their ambitions.
Indeed, there is politics in the air.
For obvious reasons, what many are
waiting for is how the game for the presidential election would play
out. Characteristically, it would be the grand finale of the entire
exercise.
Predictably, among others, two major
characters that would largely determine the tenor of the election are
President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
Interestingly, both are still in the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Based on information already in the public domain, barring unforeseen
circumstances, both of them would battle for the presidential seat in
2019. And from whatever angle one looks at it, none of them is a
pushover.
Apart from the fact that both are from
the North, they are major power brokers in their rights. While Buhari
would be banking in the incumbency factor and the cult following he
enjoys in the North, the former vice president would likely be
capitalizing on his experience in power struggle, political sagacity,
the mood of the country and his deep pocket.
But as it appears, while President Buhari
and his foot soldiers seem to be avoiding any faceoff with the Atiku
camp over the 2019 question, the former vice president is no longer
pretentious about his undying presidential ambition and has continued
his consultations with major stakeholders across all political parties.
From information available to odogwu media,
Atiku has been wooing critical stakeholders of his party and other
political groups especially in the South, to support his project in
2019. He was said to have spent some days in Lagos recently to hold a
number of critical meetings. Some of the stakeholders he is working hard
to get their commitment include those close to the last two former
governors of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu and Babatunde Fashola.
But in the unfolding drama, the snag is
that with Buhari in the APC, the Turaki Adamawa is not at a vantage
position to pick the presidential ticket of the party. In the character
of elections in Nigeria, Buhari would have the right of first refusal in
the APC primaries. The permutation then is that, if that happens, Atiku
would continue his oscillate in his search for the elusive presidential
seat, which he has been eyeing since 1993. But whatever the
development, 2019 is certainly going to be Atiku’s last dance in the
nation’s presidential contest as age would no more be on his side. In
2019, he will clock 73 and that leaves him with a slim or no chance to
contest for the hot seat again.
odogwu media cornered both the
Buhari and Atiku camps to see how their minds are working in the build
up for the ‘mother of all battles.’ And in the following interviews, it
is more than certain that the two sides have already drawn the battle
line.
2019: Atiku can’t go anywhere, he has rotten baggage
– Lawal, Buhari’s campaign chief
Former
Deputy Director of Buhari Presidential Campaign Council, Engineer
Mohammed Lawal, has taken former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to the
cleaners.
Lawal, who is a director on the Board of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), in an interview with BENEDICT ODINAKA,
advised the former Vice President to shelve his 2019 presidential
ambition because he was carrying a heavy and rotten baggage, adding, no
amount of money or international connection would make him win the
presidential election in Nigeria.
Atiku had during the week challenged
anybody, who said he is corrupt to come forward with evidence or forever
keep quiet. He also alleged President Muhammadu Buhari used and dumped
him after the 2015 presidential election.
Lawal accused the Turaki Adamawa of
plotting President Buhari’s failure because he lost the All Progressives
Congress (APC) primary election in 2014.
As the race to 2019 builds up, former
Vice President Atiku Abubakar seems to be challenging Present Muhammadu
Buhari, how are you people going to handle this challenge?
We are in a democracy and we want to
follow things according to democratic rules and games. The President is
actually the leader of the party and the nation. Thus, he allows
everybody to exercise their rights democratically.
With these parties, CPC, ACN, ANPP, a
faction of APGA and also splinter group from PDP coming together to form
All Progressives Congress (APC) and won the 2015 election, we are not
unaware of the problems within the party, and there is no doubt about it
that some people have a different agenda.
You were the deputy director of the
Buhari Presidential Campaign Council, considering the financial war
chest of Atiku, can PMB match him in 2019?
You
journalists are the mirror of the society. If Atiku will hoodwink
students, voters and others it would be through you people. Money is not
the issue.
The money he spent during the APC
presidential primary, he can’t spend even close to that in 2019. This, I
can assure you without contradictions.
Buhari didn’t have one tenth of that
money, and he can’t spend that huge sum of money. What was the outcome?
Buhari still floored him.
Atiku didn’t believe that Buhari would
win the primary; he didn’t also believe that Buhari would win the
election against the then incumbent President Jonathan.
He said it that Buhari was not going to
defeat Jonathan. How can he claim that he spent money for Buhari whom he
believed was not going to win the election? Atiku thought he would be
made the leader of the campaign from the North. In fact, he didn’t
invite anybody for the campaign, he ran away and left the country. The
people he was supposed to invite, he didn’t invite them, instead, he ran
away. He was aggrieved that Buhari won the primary, now he is saying he
was not invited. He was supposed to invite people but he didn’t and now
he is complaining that he was not invited, nor carried along.
What more can be done to Atiku? That
Women Affairs Minister, Aisha Alhassan, we knew she had been with Atiku
right from the beginning, and she didn’t hide it, We didn’t complain in
spite of the fact that she was 100 percent loyal to Atiku. The
president, in his magnanimity gave her ministerial appointment.
We are in this government and we;re aware of what
is going on in this country.We’re aware of the meetings they are
holding. We know what they are planning against this government.
Atiku is saying he is not being
carried along, but that Alhassan is his political associate, and several
others in the government. They knew that it was because of their
association with Atiku that they were appointed. So, what is he telling
Nigerians, who is fooling who?
For that minister to have made the
comments that the government was not fair to her and to Taraba State
revealed a high level of ingratitude and immaturity. People can be funny
because Buhari has chosen to be a democrat.
The greatest project that this government
is going into from now till 2019, even beyond is in her state, I
mean…the multi billion naira Mambila Power Station that Buhari has
signed the contract. This is a project that has been there for close to
50 years. No past leader thought it could be done, but Buhari came on
board and said he would do it. It is a chain action, apart from Adamawa,
a contiguous state to Taraba, it will also extend to other parts of the
county.
You know power, with over 3,000 megawatts
of electricity, Atiku and this lady are saying that Buhari has not done
anything for them.We know what is happening, they are not being given a
chance. Atiku has several businesses, he’s creating a monopoly by
kicking out other players in those fields, leaving them disgruntled, and
forcing them to close shops.
When the issue came up, we said no, we
would never allow the idea of one person monopolising the business. We
broke that monopoly and many Nigerians are operating those businesses.
Atiku has challenged those who said he is corrupt to prove it, is that not a challenge to the Federal Government?
First of all, he didn’t serve this
government in an executive position. It is not our business to instigate
anything. It is people who are instigating. It is not the government
that is saying you he is corrupt, it’s the people saying that.
Whatever has been going on with people
who were caught for corruption, it was not Buhari that instigated them –
the money found with the NNPC former managing director, the NIA money
at Ikoyi house, etc. It is not for you to say that you are not corrupt,
people say it; whenever it is necessary some of us will come up. The
government should investigate it. The monopoly he was enjoying was
broken, and there are no regrets about that.
There are different sets of people, and
some think they are cleverer than others. If corruption is evil,
monopoly is the devil of corruption. In other climes, fine for monopoly
is as heavy if not heavier than fine for corruption. Monopoly, which
Atiku was involved is a sweeter corruption.
Is Atiku attacking to bring the president or the party down?
I consider Atiku as somebody who is not
properly schooled because of his educational background, but he has got
that exposure, which I give to him because of his service in the
Nigerian Customs and Excise.
He is not properly schooled, if not, how
can he say severally that there were no appreciable efforts in the fight
against Boko Haram. Half of Adamawa, his state was made a no go area by
Boko Haram. Is it in Borno, Gombe, Yobe, and this sect tried to attack
Kano, they bombed United Nations Headquarters in Abuja. In those areas
you can’t freely go to mosque to pray for fear of Boko Haram attack.
It was totally wrong for him to say there was no gain made in the fight against Boko Haram by Buhari.
Right from the start, Atiku has not
been fair to President Buhari, because he didn’t have it, let everybody
lose. That is his position, if not, what warranted his attack on the
President on the fight against Boko Haram, when it is very clear and the
international community is applauding the efforts of Buhari in
decimating the sect.
After the presidential election, he came
to congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari and left the country. He is
complaining now that he was not contacted. I served as a Deputy Director
at the Presidential Campaign Council. I knew all the intrigues. Atiku
fought Buhari tooth and nail. He was extremely unhappy about the loss of
the presidential primaries.
He did not campaign for Buhari during the
election. He even refused to contribute any money. He promised to
campaign and to contribute to the campaign. He did not contribute
anything meaningful.
Let him say how much he spent. How much
did he claim he spent? Is his money more important than his appearance
at the campaign? He spent all the money he thinks he has to ensure that
Buhari did not win.
People are not foolish. He told the BBC
in 2015 that he was sure that Buhari was not going to win. So, will
somebody who did not believe in the party’s candidate spend anything? He
thinks he is very clever and spending his money.
With all his monies, Buhari still drowned
him at the APC primary election. The same thing will happen to him. He
has to be very careful, or they will even stone him even in his Adamawa
State. They will start throwing stones at him if he doesn’t take time,
you will see.
Nobody is afraid of him; he thinks he
knows better than everybody and because he has the money. No, politics
is not all a matter of money, your personality is also important. He had
his time.
As the vice president of Nigeria, he went
to give a speech sometimes ago in Arewa House, Kaduna, he said the
greatest problem of Nigeria was bad leadership occasioned by people from
this part of Nigeria, that is Northern leaders.
Senator Shehu Sani said Tinubu’s
silence means that the president has sidelined him, and now, Atiku is
attacking the president, does this suggest political conspiracy?
Tinubu is more exposed, more experienced
than Senator Shehu Sani. Tinubu decided to keep silent for whatever
reason I don’t know. Shehu cannot speak for Tinubu.
Some people are insinuating that he is
being sidelined. How can somebody who has the vice president as his man
say he is sidelined?
El-Rufai, other governors and ministers want Buhari to go for second term, is the president running for 2019?
As a Nigerian, as a politician and
somebody who is conversant with how the system works, so as long as what
it takes to run is there – he is alive, he is healthy and also, he
satisfies the constitutional requirements. Secondly, I advise that it is
safer if Buhari is running for 2019 to go with him.
The truth of the matter is that even if he is not running, he must have interest in who takes over from him.
If he is not running, don’t you think that there is no person that he will put forward that can defeat Atiku?
Let
me be frank with you, Atiku is carrying a heavy baggage, bad and
rotten. I told you earlier, from his primary constituency, which is the
North, money is not everything.
No money, no influence and no
international connection that would see Atiku become the president of
this country. Atiku has a lot of baggage, rotten, and it is safer for
him to play the kingmaker than him wanting to become the king.
Money alone doesn’t make the Nigerian
president. We are all wise. Look at Shagari, was it money that made him
become the president? What of Obasanjo, he was from the prison, was it
his money?
He is saying others didn’t do well, and
he is the only person who knows how to do it. Look at Buhari, was it
money that put him there?
You keep saying that you have money, ok;
lets see where the money will take you. He is the architect and hanging
on to this restructuring clamour. He gave a speech, which he said Buhari
was not sincere on restructuring.
Political evolution of a people or
country is beyond restructuring. The president is saying we shall look
at that and if there are issues that need change, we look at how we
evolve as a political entity in this country.
NO ONE CAN STOP ATIKU
–Fabiyi, ex-vp’S CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR
Ahead of
2019 general elections, one name that continues to ring a bell is that
of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Those who have been following
the activities of the ‘Turaki Adamawa’ needs not ask why. That it is
Atiku’s ambition to become the president of Nigeria in 2019 is no longer in the realm of speculations. In this interview with WILLY EYA, the National President, All Atiku Support Groups, Oladimeji Fabiyi told Saturday Sun that there’s no better time than 2019 for the former vice president to realise his dream.
Former Director of Buhari Campaign
Organisation, Mohammed Bello was reported to have said that if President
Muhammadu Buhari could beat Atiku Abubakar in 2015 when he had no money, in 2019, as an incumbent, he would floor your principal (Atiku) again. Do you agree with that position?
I think Buhari’s former Campaign Director
is being economical with the truth. The entire Nigerians knew what went
on at the primaries of the All Progressives Congress(APC ) in 2014.
They knew about the conspiracy and gang-up against the candidacy of
Turaki Adamawa. It is of public knowledge. The result of that is what we
are seeing everywhere in Nigeria now. I would not want to speak further
because Nigerians knew so much about what happened at that time. But I
disagree with the young man who said that.
There has been this issue of
corruption being hung on the neck of Atiku and it gains prominence each
time he comes out for election; what is the real genesis of this
negative image.
When former vice president Atiku was in
power, everybody knew about his contributions to our democracy and the
ascension to power of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Recall the
role he played from day one. There was a three-member committee that was
set up at that time to shop for a candidate for the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP). Atiku was there, Gen Gusau was there and Prof Jerry Gana
was there. Atiku was part of this process all along. He was instrumental
to the victory of the PDP at that time at all levels; not only at the
executive but the legislature levels. But when things turned around and
the boss then started painting him as a corrupt person, we were all
living witnesses to the white papers and the panel of enquiries produced
but the courts nullified all those things. And up till this moment,
Atiku has never been arrested or convicted by any court of law. You
remember that he went to court on so many occasions and he won all the
cases but my challenge here is that when all these things were
happening, Atiku that we know was blindly loyal to his principal such
that he refused to refute all the allegations. Unfortunately, when
people hear the name, Atiku, they talk about corruption but this man had
never been convicted either at home or abroad. Even on the Jefferson
matter, he was never arrested; he was never tried and the person who was
found culpable was sentenced to jail in the United States. Some would
come around and say Atiku cannot travel to the United States. If he has
nothing to do in the US, why would he go there? Besides, is America a
paradise that everybody should be struggling to go there? What is so
special about America? What has that to do with good governance that
Nigerians want their leaders to bring to the table? I have not seen
anybody that would tell me that travelling to America would bring good
governance to Nigeria. How many times have the American governments
celebrated their performances or anything about Nigeria? If the US
wanted Atiku, they would have got him all these while. If the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) wanted Atiku, they would have got
him. all these while. This man is a credible Nigerian who has helped to
create the EFCC and all the agencies that have been fighting corruption
till today. So, I do not know what some people mean by being corrupt.
What I am saying is that Nigerians should open their eyes and ask
relevant questions. Those people who have termed him corrupt, go and
look at their records. What was their financial position in 1999 when
they came to power and what is their financial position today? Nigerians
should begin to ask these questions. Atiku did not come to power as a
pauper. After retirement, he has been a successful businessman. He has
invested very well that he almost singlehandedly helped the PDP to come
to power including his boss at that time. So, it is those who are afraid
of him that if he comes to power today, he is going to outshine and
outperform them that are afraid. In Nigeria, the fear of Atiku is the
beginning of political wisdom. What some are saying about Atiku is just flaccid and out of emotion. It is an unhealthy rivalry.
Do you agree with some of Atiku’s supporters that 2019 provides the best opportunity for the former vice president’s ambition?
Of course! See, ever since he has been
contesting elections in this country, there has never been any time that
he does not have the best chances but the reason why he could not scale
through was because the so-called elite are so uncomfortable and do not
believe that he would protect them. Atiku is ready to fight for the
masses. The problem of these people is just that they feel that Atiku
may not be a willing tool in their hands. They may not be able to
control him and for Atiku, it is not about that; his mindset is to
protect the poor and to ensure that even the rich ones are also
protected. They are so scared of him. They always want somebody whom
they can control and we have seen the result. We could not move forward
or do anything. During the Obasanjo/Atiku time, the best economic period
was when Atiku was the chairman of the Economic Council. They assembled
the best brains to make sure that the economy was viable. That was when
we had the best economy in this country. With Atiku, we should be able
to have an economy that is viable. So, these people are practically
afraid of him that one, they would not be able to control him when he
gets there; two is that he would outperform them because they know that
this is the only man who is prepared; he has been preparing since 1993
to lead the country. In 2007, he ran under the AC. When you go through
that policy document with that of 2010, you would see an upward shift
that is in tandem with the reality of the time. If you come to 2014, you
would see that it is dealing with the exigencies of this time. The man
is not sleeping. He keeps working because he is so passionate about
Nigeria and the future of this country but some people somewhere are not
comfortable with that because they want the status quo to remain. That
is why I appreciate the fact that he is the one championing the issue of
restructuring in this country today. We need restructuring to be able
to move forward and develop economically, politically and socially.
Some say your principal is so
desperate to be president of Nigeria and that indeed, he started
preparing for 2019 immediately the APC won the presidential election in
2015. How would you react to that allegation?
The question I ask people who say that is
this: what is the desperation about somebody following his dream? When
you are so passionate about something, what is the desperation there? If
you can say Atiku is desperate, you would also tell me that President
Buhari was desperate. After the 2011 election, President Buhari told the
world that he was not going to run again. The rest is history but
today, he is the president. What is the desperation if somebody is
following his dream and passion for his country? For me, it is not out
of desperation but patriotic zeal and dedication towards one’s
fatherland. They can turn it to anything they like because they do not
have what it takes to lead this country.
What do you think is Atiku’s Unique Selling Point in the 2019 election after several failed attempts in the past?
Everybody who has won election in Nigeria
has one or two unique selling points. Atiku has more than one or two.
One is that Atiku has taken up a policy drive of restructuring that
every Nigerian would benefit from except those who are deceiving
themselves and those who want the status quo to remain. Here is the only
man who is prepared to lead this country. Nigeria is fond of bringing
unprepared people to power. It is on record that he is the only one who
is prepared to lead Nigeria. We need the four Cs of leadership
attributes. They are competence, character, capacity and compassion.
Forget the fact that he was a Customs officer, forget the fact that he
is a politician; here is a family man who has succeeded in all his
various endeavours. This is a man who was orphaned at 11. These are his
selling points and Nigerians should begin to look at that now and not
all these shenanigans that people indulge in. All these people do not have what it takes to lead the nation out of the woods.
There is all these talk about Atiku’s
blueprint which he gave to Buhari after he won the 2015 presidential
election. What is actually the true story behind it? Is it true that
Buhari accepted it with joy but later abandoned it?
It is true because immediately
after the primaries, President Buhari went to see him and said, ‘I know
you are the only one who is prepared for this thing.’ Buhari was not
prepared for this position, let truth be told and every Nigerian knows
that it is not hidden. If he was prepared, things could not have been
like this. He would have made use of the blueprint but people around him
misled him. They told him that Atiku is a capitalist and so on and so
forth. Will the development of this country be predicated on such
sentiments? You see, these people are not for Nigerians but for
themselves. They are not helping the man and that is why you see the
government embarrassed left, right and centre. President Buhari is a man
of integrity and they know that Atiku is a man of integrity too but
they cannot say it. This country needs change and genuine people who
really love this country so that we can move forward. People are just in
government for themselves alone. Atiku is not coming to government to
steal money. He has made his money and he invested everything in this
country. In the North East today, outside the government, he is the
highest employer of labour. In the South South today, he is the second
highest employer of labour apart from the government. How many of them
have done that upon all the money they stole. So, for me, it is not only
about the issue of corruption, they just want to paint him black. When
somebody comes to tell you that Atiku is corrupt, ask him where is the
evidence of the corruption? When you ask them such a question, they say
all of them are corrupt. These are the things you find in the social
media; is it not funny.
Against Buhari’s candidacy
particularly in the North where the president is literally a small god,
do you think, Atiku has a chance?
People should wait till 2019 to know
whether Atiku would or not beat Buhari in the North. What he is telling
the North about restructuring for instance is very simple. How can
anybody tell you that Atiku is not popular in the North? What Atiku is
telling the North is that you think that you are better off but you are
not better off with the present situation. Sometimes you can never know
how close you are if you do not sit down and talk. If the economy of
northern Nigeria was based on the agricultural prowess in the 60s and
they used the proceeds to build institutions, schools and all the
developments you see there today, that is your comparative advantage.
Why are you so scared? Atiku is telling them, we are not better off now
but we can be when we restructure. Let us not be lazy but look inwards
and develop ourselves; that is what our leaders do not want. So, when
the time comes, they would see. I know that Atiku is popular across
Nigeria. He has relationships that cut across barrier, language,
religion, gender sentiments and so on. So, by 2019, they would see.
By 2019, Atiku would be 73 years, are
you sure Nigerians would be ready for another old man in power
considering the ugly experience which Buhari’s age brings in the current
administration?
President Buhari came on board at 73 and
Nigeria did not die because of that. Atiku is very healthy and he can
provide his health records for anyone to see. I have no problem with
people coming for younger generations to take over power because I am a
young person too. If you ask me, I want to be Nigeria’s president but
Nigeria is a big country and we need a capable hand to lead the nation.
You need experience and capacity. Look at President Obasanjo, mention
any person in Nigeria and he would tell you who he knows there and that
is the type of person Atiku is. Atiku fully understands Nigeria. I am
not saying the younger generation cannot take over but let us quickly do
this analysis. As a young man, call a meeting today of your people and
if you are lucky, you would have 30 people in attendance. In the next
meeting, you would be lucky to have 20 people and the next after it, you
would be lucky to have 10. Subsequently, you may not even see anybody.
These things are not deliberate. It is the economic situation and the
political configuration of the country. It is not as if they do not want
to be part of the process. The younger generation does not have that
capacity. Some youths can do well in the right environment. So, the
truth is that the younger generation must wake up. What they should do
is to come together and think strategically. Let us look at someone who
has shown capacity; someone who has shown so much friendliness and care
for the youths. And for me, in Nigeria today, it is only Atiku Abubakar
that has done that. When you look at his programme in 2007, youth
development took centre stage. He is somebody who has identified with
the youth. In one session, he said, I do not mind giving 30 to 40 per
cent of my government to the youth. If we strategically support this
man, we can demand this from him. If in 2019, we support him to be
president and he gives us that, we can build on that in 2023. We can
leverage on that in the government, National Assembly and so on. That is
the way it should go. We do not have the resources to fight these
people and our political configuration does not give us the chance to do
that. So, we need someone who has identified with us. Atiku is
passionate about three things. He is passionate about Nigeria,
successive generation and good governance.
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–Fabiyi, ex-vp’S CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR Ahead of 2019 general elections, one name that continues to ring a bell is that of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Those who have been following the activities of the ‘Turaki Adamawa’ needs not ask why. That it is Atiku’s ambition to become the president of Nigeria in 2019 is no… -
WHY BURUJI KASHAMU IS AFTER MY LIFE –EX-GOV GBENGA DANIEL
Former governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel, an engineer, has his eyes on the chairmanship of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). But he believes the office should be handed over to him through a consensus arrangement. In this interview with IHEANACHO NWOSU, the politician who is popularly known as OGD spoke on a wide range of…
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