Reacting to
insinuations by what he called “political mischief makers and enemies of
unity,” who alleged that he has been hosting political meetings at Burj
Al-Arab, Dubai, the former vice president said contrary to the rumours being
bandied around by political opponents, he was currently in Dubai with his
family for physiotherapy on his injured knee.
In a
statement by his media office in Abuja, which was signed by his Media Adviser, Mazi Paul Ibe, Atiku said he was
embarrassed by the deliberate falsehoods being spread against him by political
opponents who are bent on causing distraction for President Buhari at a time
all energies should be channeled into helping the President actualise his
change agenda.
Describing
rumour mongers as “ill-motivated busybodies that don’t wish the country well,”
the Turaki Adamawa explained that his medical treatment is his private affair,
which should not be politicised by anybody to achieve sinister objectives.
Alhaji Atiku,
who noted that he was entitled to enjoy his private life, including the right
to attend to his health without being harassed and lied against by political
opponents, said: “Contrary to the insinuations by
political opponents, the former vice president says the success of the Buhari
administration has been his preoccupation, and that any true APC member should
have the same zeal.”
According to
him, rumour mongers that seek to cause distraction in Buhari’s government do
not mean well for the APC administration, adding that with the challenges
of providing good governance for the country and creating job opportunities for
Nigerians, including reducing the impact of poverty, President Buhari needs all
the goodwill and support in this endeavour.
He said: “Whether at home or abroad, the Turaki is preoccupied with
his unassailable support to President Buhari and his administration, especially
in this critical time, as it works assiduously to turn the fortunes of our dear
country around and make Nigeria work for the greater good of Nigerians.
“Rumour
mongers and mischief makers are toxic to the progress of the APC and the
country at large, adding that the campaigns are gone, and therefore, all
energies should be constructively devoted to the success of the Buhari
administration.
“This
is yet another plot of the enemies of our country and democracy to divide,
divert attention and distract the APC in its avowed commitment to secure the
country, provide jobs for the mass of unemployed youths, build needed critical
infrastructure, enthrone a regime of probity and accountability and pull the
country out of the economic woods it has been consigned to by locust years of
mismanagement.” (Vanguard)
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