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| Presidency not a do or die affair — Atiku |
| Written by Muhammad Bello, Port Harcourt |
| Sunday, 11 October 2009 23:51 |
 Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said the presidency is no longer a do or die affair for him, hence his acceptance of the arrangement that would see him, Buhari or Bafarawa at the helm of affairs. Atiku, according to a statement by Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, media coordinator of the former Action Congress (AC) gubernatorial candidate in Rivers State, is now committed to the reconstruction of the nation.
“Without having a forgiving spirit, I would very well have been dead by now... To be a worthy politician, you must learn to love people no matter the challenges”, Atiku said, stressing that he joined politics and loves politics because of his love for the people. In his speech at the meeting with Atiku, the former AC candidate in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill, commended the Turaki, retired General Muhammadu Buhari and Alh. Attahiru Bafurawa for their decision to forgo any form of personal political ambition to join forces to salvage Nigeria from the grip of the ruling PDP. He said the move was admirable and timely as it was capable of restoring the tenets of democracy hitherto destroyed by the PDP in its quest to perpetuate itself in power by any means necessary, advising that it must be devoid of any self serving agenda. Speaking on the Turaki’s relevance in the new arrangement, Princewill expressed the desire to see him at the helm of the coalition, since according to him; there is a need for Atiku to be instrumental in ousting the PDP, where he was a key player. |