Former Vice President Atiku
Abubakar Atiku has dismissed insinuations that he is preparing one of his sons
to become the governor of Adamawa state.
Abubakar Atiku has dismissed insinuations that he is preparing one of his sons
to become the governor of Adamawa state.
Atiku expressed total disbelief
that his political opponents in the state could go to such an extent against
him, stressing that all his children are content to pursue professional lives
in their various callings and therefore has no business imposing his choices on
them.
that his political opponents in the state could go to such an extent against
him, stressing that all his children are content to pursue professional lives
in their various callings and therefore has no business imposing his choices on
them.
He said such allegation could
only have come from idle minds and busy bodies looking for cheap publicity or
finding someone to blame for their political problems.
only have come from idle minds and busy bodies looking for cheap publicity or
finding someone to blame for their political problems.
He said, “I am not the kind of
father that imposes his career on his children. My responsibility is to give
them good education to pull them up in life.”
father that imposes his career on his children. My responsibility is to give
them good education to pull them up in life.”
Atiku therefore advised those
spreading such falsehood to desist and find something more useful to do with
their time than planting the seeds of discord and acrimony among the
peace-loving people of the state.
spreading such falsehood to desist and find something more useful to do with
their time than planting the seeds of discord and acrimony among the
peace-loving people of the state.
Meanwhile, the former vice
president in a statement by his media office in Abuja, has urged
religious leaders to help the country by navigating religion away from
politics.
president in a statement by his media office in Abuja, has urged
religious leaders to help the country by navigating religion away from
politics.
He noted that if this had been
the case few years ago, the nation would have been spared the needless
controversies and dissipation of energies that trailed the introduction of
Sharia in some parts of the North.
the case few years ago, the nation would have been spared the needless
controversies and dissipation of energies that trailed the introduction of
Sharia in some parts of the North.
Source: Blueprint
