Only a Fool doesn't know much about this Saraki of a guy. See what he's paying the atikus back, contesting against him. Good for them.


Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, says former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar “solidly” backed Bukola Saraki’s bid to be senate president in 2015 — despite strong opposition from the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), apparently including President Muhammadu Buhari.




Dogara told the author: “There was this particular time we were meeting with our leader in the North-East, His Excellency Atiku Abubakar at his residence. Our governor (Mohammed Abubakar) had come into town and some of our stakeholders in APC Bauchi had gone to see Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Somehow, Asiwaju (Bola Tinubu) and one other person walked into that meeting and he did not waste time in pushing his Gbajabiamila agenda forward.

“He spoke passionately about the role he had played in APC, the way he had built bridges between the South-West and the North and he appealed to my brothers and sisters who were there, all the political leaders and stake holders of APC from my state to prevail on me to stop this race and support his candidate Femi Gbajabiamila to become Speaker. After he had spoken, he left.

“If I don’t say this to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s credit I will not be fair to him. It will amount to travesty. At the time when most leaders in the APC were not showing sympathy to our cause, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar came out as one solid voice in support of both the candidature of the now Senate President (Bukola Saraki) and my humble self.

“He said the North-East must have a position and it was his duty as a leader from the North-East to support that goal. And more so, because of the religious demography of Nigeria there was the need to have a Northern minority Christian in government as that would help to smoothen religious engagement and relationship in the North and put paid to the insinuation that APC was just a Muslim party.”



https://www.thecable.ng/exclusive-atiku-supported-saraki-senate-president-says-dogara

lightblazingnow:
Only a Fool doesn't know much about this Saraki of a guy. See what he's paying the atikus back, contesting against him. Good for them.

What did he do to atiku?

leave PDP members and face front.

Drinking panadol for another man's headache.

thunderfirebuha:


What did he do to atiku?

leave PDP members and face front.

Why will he face front? A true Nigerian should be concerned about ALL the contestants irrespective of party affiliations.

frowland:
why will he face front? A true Nigerian should be concerned about ALL the contestants irrespective of party affiliations.

PDP apologists hate fact finders.
To them, the past mean nothing and shouldn't be talked about. No matter how ignoble and recent.
They are their own worst enemy.

Love it extremely

saraki giving zombies and apc sleepless nights

Kids don't come here. We are talking

Was Atiku after the SP's seat? Did Atiku sacrifice the position for Saraki?
Atiku supported Saraki because they had been allies in the PDP as against those from CPC or ACN he wasn't familiar with. He did it for his selfish interest to have a friend up top incase he needed it.
But he always knew he couldn't stop Saraki from the presidency. Saraki already contested against him for PDP's ticket in 2011.

This is a different case. If and when Atiku wins PDP's primaries as is the most likely scenario, Saraki will do everything to campaign heavily for him

MrPolitics:
Was Atiku after the SP's seat? Did Atiku sacrifice the position for Saraki?
Atiku supported Saraki because they had been allies in the PDP as against those from CPC or ACN he wasn't familiar with. He did it for his selfish interest to have a friend up top incase he needed it.
But he always knew he couldn't stop Saraki from the presidency. Saraki already contested against him for PDP's ticket in 2011.

This is a different case. If and when Atiku wins PDP's primaries as is the most likely scenario, Saraki will do everything to campaign heavily for him

We shall see. Time will tell us and not now

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