■ Says I’ll never leave APCReacting to claims by the embattled National Chairman, Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), Dr Fredrick Fasehun, that he was the one sponsoring those who are creating trouble for him within the party, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said he has nothing to do with the crisis in UPN.
According to Abubakar, he remains a staunch member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and one of the party’s presidential aspirants, and therefore would have nothing to do with any other political party.
Asking Fasehun to count him out of UPN crisis, Abubakar, who spoke through his Media Adviser, Mallam Shehu Garba, urged Fasehun to look elsewhere for those behind UPN’s crisis.
“Count Atiku out of UPN crisis. Atiku has no business in UPN, he is a prominent and loyal member of APC, and not only that, he is a presidential aspirant on the platform of the party. His name should not be linked to the crisis in UPN.”
Shehu, who revealed that his principal is currently out of the country, however, insisted that Fasehun and his party members should look for ways to resolve the crisis within their fold rather than dragging Atiku into it.
He further affirmed that the former Vice President would not under any circumstance leave APC for another party.
“Atiku has not met with anybody within UPN or any other political party, he still remains a committed and loyal member of APC. Any story of Atiku’s movement to another party is pure falsehood. Atiku does not only believe in APC, but is also of the view that APC is the force or platform that would afford Nigerians the opportunity to vote out PDP in 2015.”
While saying that it is unfortunate that some elements have been peddling rumour of Atiku leaving APC, Shehu asserted that the former vice president has no plan to dump APC for another political party.
He added that Atiku media office has over the past months been dispelling the rumour of the former vice president’s alleged romance or alleged planned defection to another party.
Insisting that Atiku will never have anything to do with UPN, Shehu further stated that UPN was only trying to find someone to blame for their woeful failure to deliver after collecting so much money from the presidency.
“If you check the recent election results in Osun and Ekiti states where UPN took part, the party got only 2,000 votes in Osun State, and 1,000 votes in Ekiti State governorship elections. What is there in UPN to make it attractive to anyone?”, he asked rhetorically....post by expdonaloaded
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