2023: Atiku Blocking PDP From Returning To Power – Adeyanju

The convener of the Concerned Nigerian Movement, Deji Adeyanju has accused the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar of blocking the chances of the party in 2023.

According to Adeyanju, Atiku has only his interest at heart and not the interest of the main opposition party.

He stated that the former vice president wants to be on the ballot every time, but has no strategy in place to win.

The political activists condemned Atiku for not supporting PDP during the just concluded election in Ekiti State and wondered why he is not back to support the party in Osun State.

He noted that while the presidential candidate of APC, Bola Tinubu is clamouring for support for the party in Ekiti and Osun, Atiku is nowhere to be found.

Adeyanju in an interview with Daily Post said he sees the All Progressives Congress winning the 2023 election because there is no level of seriousness from the opposition.

He said, “From his conduct and behaviour, Atiku has only his interest at heart, and anyway you look at it, there is no way you can tell me that a man who scored almost 11 million votes will refuse to go to court even for one day on his matter.

“We saw how Buhari consistently was at every sitting of the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court pursuing his case. He was there with lots of his supporters, that is, somebody who is serious about business.

“Atiku has become like a serial candidate; he wants to contest every election. He just wants to be on the ballot. I’m yet to see his level of seriousness and strategy.

“That’s why I was the first person to call him out; how can you lose an election then go and spend three years in Dubai? Muslims just had big Sallah, and Atiku is not in the country, and this is somebody who is a frontrunner in the presidential election. He was not in Ekiti, and Osun is a few days away, and he is missing in action.

“These are indices that the man is not serious, and that is why I said except barring any last-minute dynamics; I see APC having the win because the level of seriousness I expect from the opposition is not there.

“Six weeks after presidential primaries, ‘Obedient’ people are still making noise on social media; they are not anywhere in the country, not building any structure; they are just insulting people online. Kwankwaso has the same thing; what is he doing aside from granting interviews, nothing. So, these are not serious people.

“Tinubu was in Ekiti and was shouting broom, broom; you will be shocked that he would soon be on his way to Osun. The seriousness from the opposition is just not there.

“When somebody is not serious, of course, he is blocking PDP’s chances of returning to power. If we say, somebody is not serious about a strategy to win an election; it’s like Obi, who is just a social media presidential candidate and likes to appear on TV to dazzle people with figures that don’t add up sometimes.

“Look at Tinubu during the APC presidential primaries; he didn’t grant one television interview, and he wasn’t on social media saying anything. Osinbajo was popular on social media and doing the PR, yet he came third. AMAECHI, who did not do anything, came second.

“So, politics is dynamic; you must be willing to do the work.”