.… Says FCT Minister Can’t March Atiku’s Political Portfolio
… Hails Former VP For Not Picking Wike As Running Mate
“….”For Atiku to have listened to me and many other patriotic Nigerians in rejecting Wike as his vice president, he has greatly relieved both his life and that of Nigerians,” Eze added.
Because of the foregoing, the APC chieftain urged Nigerians not to take any statement from Wike as to why he was rejected by Atiku too seriously, stressing that such self serving statements are not borne out of frustration, are meaningless, and have no effect on whatever may be the future political plans of Atiku Abubakar….”
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former national publicity secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has descended heavily on the FCT Minister, Barr. Nyesom Wike; Bode George, and some PDP governors, insisting they are all doing a hatchet job towards ensuring that President Bola Tinubu of the APC is re-elected in 2027.
The APC Chieftain and member of the APC Legacy Projects Media Committee maintained that no matter whatever Wike thinks he is today, he knows he cannot fit into Atiku’s political portfolio.
Also, Eze described Wike’s unstatesmanlike and unruly behaviour as sad after former Vice President Atiku Abubakar had vehemently refused to pick him as his vice presidential candidate prior to the 2023 general elections.
In a statement released to newsmen in Port-Harcourt, the erstwhile spokesperson of the defunct nPDP, submitted that recent statements credited to Wike, Bode George and the PDP governors are suggestive of the fact that they are subtly working for Tinubu to ensure his re-election in 2027, not minding the suffering Nigerians are currently going through because of the inept governance of the country by President Tinubu.
Eze is not surprised that Wike is yet to overcome the shock of his dismal performance at the PDP presidential primaries as well as his outright rejection by Atiku, in his choice of VP slot.
Since Atiku demystified and deflated Wike’s over bloated political ego, the FCT Minister has resorted to pouring invectives on Atiku, one of Africa’s greatest democrats.
According to Chief Eze, if Atiku had chosen Wike as his Vice presidential candidate, the former Rivers State Governor would have done everything both normal and criminal for Atiku to be elected President. However, Eze revealed that what many failed to comprehend was that Atiku would not have been alive to serve out his term knowing the nature of deadly, devious and politics of bitterness that Wike is synonymous with.
“With such an uncultured fellow as the Vice President of Nigeria, what would have been the image of Nigeria, Eze queried.
“For Atiku to have listened to me and many other patriotic Nigerians in rejecting Wike as his vice president, he has done a great relief both to his life and that of Nigerians” Eze added.
In view of the foregoing, the APC chieftain urged Nigerians not to take any statement from Wike as to why he was rejected by Atiku too seriously, stressing that such self serving statements are not borne out of frustration, are meaningless, and have no effect on whatever may be the future political plans of Atiku Abubakar.
Eze commended Atiku for letting Wike know that he is a traitor working to undermine the PDP. Like Atiku stated, Wike, according to Eze, is bereft of moral authority to discuss integrity, calling him the Traitor-General of Nigeria.
Rather than fidget over the move by Atiku to form a credible and formidable coalition, the Tinubu administration and Wike in particular should have tightened their loose belts and provided genuine democratic governance that will have a direct impact on Nigerians and shore up the economy, and not making 2027, this administration’s sole objective.
Reacting on the statement by elder Bode George, that PDP will be finally buried should Atiku pick the PDP presidential slot, Chief Eze urged Nigerians to ignore the man, whom he said speaks from both sides of the mouth.
“As much as Nigerians are aware of the dirty type of politics that Bode George plays even at his age, he should tell Nigerians, apart from Atiku, who else in PDP has a nationwide support base to wrestle power from a well-coordinated figure like Tinubu?
“Unfortunately, Bode George, who ensured that PDP and Labour Party failed in Lagos and refused to support PDP during the 2023 general elections, is out to replicate same dastardly role come 2027, to ensure that the woes facing Nigeria under a very confused administration are multiplied, but God will not allow him and his cohorts to succeed this time around” Eze stated.
Talking about the PDP governors, Eze hinted that their game plan is well known to ensure that either PDP doesn’t present a presidential candidate come 2027 or if they decide to field anybody, they will ensure that such a candidate can’t even win one local government area in the country.
The former spokesperson of nPDP observed that with the way the APC have coerced many of the corrupt political leaders to join its fold in the party’s ceaseless ruination of Nigeria, it becomes imperative for the opposition political parties to unite and form a formidable platform to wrestle power from the APC.
Eze insisted there was nothing absurd for Atiku to postulate that a coalition remains the only way to unseat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election.
Atiku had argued against the position of 11 Peoples Democratic Party governors, who distanced the party from the proposed coalition being championed by the former vice president.
“The position of the PDP Governors’ Forum, chaired by Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, that the party would not participate in any coalition or merger” depicts the high level of systemic corruption being perpetuated by those occupying leadership positions in the country.
“It is now obvious that the PDP governors are not interested in mitigating the negative effects Nigerians are passing through as a result of the bad policies of the present administration.
“Their preoccupation is accessing a window of opportunity for selfish bargains that will guarantee their re-election, not minding party affiliation.
“I ask the PDP Governors; if the opposition parties and blocs do not unite in principle and action, can the APC be dislodged out of power in 2027?
“The truth is that Nigerians are now more aware of the dirty and selfish style of politics being played by some opposition governors. The strategy of delivering me in my State and having my support at the presidential election is in the public domain, Eze said, insisting that PDP governors must have a rethink.
According to Eze, he still believes, like Atiku, that when the governors, or some of them, realise that the coalition is a project with its own momentum and that the time has come, they will align properly.
