Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has been advised that it was already too late for him to purchase character and integrity that he has lacked from start, and that nobody may have knew him higher than President Olusegun Obasanjo, below whom he served as Vice President for eight years.
Lere Olayinka, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike’s Senior Particular Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, was reacting to assertion by the Atiku Media Workplace that character was the rationale the choice of the committee arrange by the Individuals’s Democratic Party (PDP) to pick its Vice Presidential candidate for the 2023 election was rejected.
He stated one Nigerian that may by no means be discovered within the gathering of males of character and integrity is Atiku, and his boss, Obasanjo, attested to this in his ebook; My Watch.
Olayinka stated; “One of many causes Wike first rejected Atiku’s supply to have him as his working mate was his not too spectacular character and integrity ranking, till he was prevaied upon. And this, Atiku exhibited when he rejected the choice of committee the get together set as much as decide his working mate even after telling everybody that the choice of the committee can be bidding on him.
“Now, after his lies that he picked his working mate primarily based on the committee report that positioned the previous Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, as primary was bursted, he’s now sermonising about character and integrity, which he, himself doesn’t have.
“Humorous that the identical Atiku, that his boss described as a ‘blatant and shameless liar,’ is the one speaking about character.
“For the data, Obasanjo stated in his ebook, ‘My Watch’ that ‘What I didn’t know, which got here out obviously later, was his parental background which was considerably shadowy, his propensity to corruption, his tendency to disloyalty, his lack of ability to say and stick with the reality on a regular basis, a propensity for poor judgement, his perception and reliance on marabouts, his lack of transparency, his belief in cash to purchase his method out on all points and his readiness to sacrifice morality, integrity, propriety, reality and nationwide curiosity for self and egocentric curiosity.’
“Up until at this time, Atiku has not debunked what his boss stated about him.
“In contrast to Atiku, Wike doesn’t conceal or faux on the place he stands on points. He isn’t one that may do a tweet on main points and rush to delete it. He didn’t faux about his place on the 2023 election and he received’t faux on the place he’ll stand in 2027.
“It’s Atiku, that ought to begin being truthful and dependable, particularly now that he’s outdated, as a result of all the pieces shouldn’t be about desperation to be president.”
Lere Olayinka
Senior Particular Assistant
Public Communications and Social Media
