Politics

2023 Presidency: Tinubu is wasting his time; race between Atiku, Peter Obi – Dogara 

Former Speaker of the House of Rep­resentatives, Rt Hon Yakubu Dog­ara has declared that the race for the 2023 presiden­cy is between former vice president Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party’s presidential can­didate, Peter Obi based on empirical evidence on the ground in the polity.

 

According to Dogara, the All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Senator Bola Tinubu does not have a chance for a good showing at the forthcoming Presidential polls on the 25th of February next month.

 

Dogara added that the for­mer Kano governor, Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nige­ria Peoples Party, NNPP has not carried a nationwide cam­paign required for the presi­dency, adding that among the first two, Atiku remains the best presidential option for the nation judging from ex­perience, performance and social relations he has estab­lished over the years.

 

Dogara dropped this hint as keynote speaker in Jos at the weekend during the Are­wa Christian Indigenous Pas­tors Association, ACIPA’s day of prayers, awards and book dedication.

 

He rated four of the lead­ing presidential candidates and scored them according to what he described as their tract records, visibility, good social relations virtues of unity and brotherhood.

 

Concerning Atiku, he said, “God forbid that we should imagine that he is perfect but we cannot deny that he is by far the most ex­perienced and that what he has done for the Northern Church has no known paral­lels in Nigeria’s history.

 

“This was one of his ma­jor appeals to some of us who endorsed his candidature. In case we have forgotten, let me remind us of Governors Boni Haruna and Jolly Nyameh who governed Adamawa and Taraba States for 8 and 10 years respectively with the full backing of Atiku. Don’t also forget that Atiku was my only backer at that level when I ran and won the speaker­ship race nearly eight years ago.”

 

Dogara noted that Atiku said clearly then that since the President is a Muslim and the Senate President was going to be another Muslim if we must not spit on the legacies of Sardauna and other founding fathers of our nation, the position of the speakership must go to a Christian.

 

“Atiku came under serious pressure to change his posi­tion but he held firm to his conviction until we won the race. If that is not enough, a brother of ours from Chibok commanded me to always mention the fact that Atiku is the only leader amongst the candidates who offered full scholarships to the res­cued Chibok girls. He sent me the evidence and said since a friend in need is a friend indeed, he will not only vote for Atiku but ensure that the world hears about what Atiku did for his people and that the community gives him mas­sive votes to do more for them.

 

“Believe me, there are other compelling stories that time will not permit us to share. In addition, Atiku has a strong partner in a Governor who is not just a Christian but a man of abiding faith in Nige­ria and our people.”

 

Dogara added that he is convinced that together they will provide the needed lead­ership to unite Nigerians of all creeds and lay a solid path to prosperity for all.

 

”If I have challenged the Northern church to rate the candidates based on their contributions to the church and vote for whoever has done more so that he can do more.

 

“Mark my words, any­one who has not done much will not change overnight and begin to do more merely because he has been elected president. It just doesn’t work that way.”

 

 

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