A
former Special Assistant to an ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on
Local Government and State Affairs, Dr. Umar Ardo, has said former
President, Olusegun Obasanjo, will work against the PDP if Atiku is
fielded as the party’s presidential candidate in 2019.
Ardo, who was also appointed as
Special Assistant on Research and Strategy to then President, Obasanjo,
in 2003, said Atiku, a chieftain of the ruling APC, was preparing
grounds for his return to the PDP.
But Atiku’s Media Adviser, Paul Ibe said
it was “ludicrous to accuse a man who is not a member of a party of
plotting to hijack its structure. “Whoever is making this allegation has
to look elsewhere for their failings,” he said.
Addressing newsmen yesterday in
Abuja, Ardo, an ex-governorship aspirant in Adamawa State, said the
return of his former principal to secure the PDP presidential ticket
would spark-off fresh crisis and spell doom for the party.
In a petition dated November 5,
2017, and addressed to the Chairman, Adamawa State PDP State Congress
Appeal Panel, Ardo called for cancellation of the congresses held last
week in the state.
“We learnt that Atiku is coming back
to the party with an ambition; an ambition to contest for the
presidency. Now, his return will be a source of conflict because there
are others in the party (PDP) who are also interested and are nursing
this ambition.
“Secondly, the deep pocket that
Atiku has will not just serve that ambition but it will deepen the
conflict. The third disadvantage is that those foot soldiers will also
serve for the ambition and in the process deepen the conflict.
“Along with the friends that Atiku
will be coming with to the party is also those that will bring up
enemies. For instance, it is an open secret and everybody knows it that
Obasanjo will fight him.
“I think I will conclude that PDP will be better off without Atiku coming back,” he said.
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