APC Chieftain Warns Atiku, Urges 'Mama Taraba' To Resign Now

A leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has reacted to statements by Nigeria's Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Al-Hassann that she would not support any re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 but would rather deploy her support for a former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, who she referred to as her godfather.

It also took a swipe at a former vice president and APC chieftain, Atiku Abubakar, who recently claimed that he had been sidelined in party affairs.

The APC in a statement issued by its National Vice Chairman, North-west, Inuwa Abdulkadir, said it was not surprised by the statement noting that Mrs. Alhassan had never been a supporter of the president.

Mr. Abdulkadir's statement aligns with that of the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, who also said yesterday that Mrs. Alhassan had never supported the 'Buhari ideology.'

Mr. Abdulkadir in his statement also warned leaders of the party, particularly, the former vice president to stop "misleading statements aimed at causing division within the party."

Mr. Abubakar had ruffled some feathers when he recently said that the party and the Buhari administration had sidelined him in state affairs even though he deployed his resources to ensure that the party won the presidential polls in 2015.


By Lois Ugbede