PDP Main Problems Just Starting, Says Atiku; Backs Obasanjo

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that the real troubles
of the PDP is just about to start and that the party's new chairman,
Adamu Muazu, whose daughter is married to his son, cannot save
PDP.


“I don’t think the end of PDP’s trouble is over with Bamanga
Tukur’s ousted. I don’t think so; the troubles of the PDP are yet
to come. I don’t think Bamanga is the trouble, I don’t think
Bamanga is the issue.”


On why he is in agreement with ex-President Obasanjo over President
Jonathan, Atiku said:
“We don’t consult with Obasanjo, but the striking thing I want you to
reflect upon is, read my convention address, read President
Obasanjo’s letter. In fact there are very striking similarities, the only
thing is that I foresaw what is happening before him, that is just the
difference but basically my convention speech and the letter Obasanjo
wrote to President Jonathan have very striking similarity.”
Atiku stated this in an interview with a radio station, Liberty
Radio. He said he is in agreement with Obasanjo who recently in an
open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, attacked the latter’s
failures in managing the affairs of the country, and for allowing his
tribal Ijaw sentiment into governance.


Asked whether the PDP that has vowed to rule Nigeria for 60 years
now have their days numbered, the angry Atiku answered in the
affirmative: “Definitely!”
On the difference between PDP and APC, Atiku explained, “The PDP
represents the conservative wing of the electoral divide, the APC
represents the social democratic [wing] of our political divide.”