Atiku Abubakar Replies to senator George Akume
speech on Tinubu’s Re-election in 2027.
The former Vice
President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar has responded after the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, said the North should wait
until 2031 to contest the Presidential election.
Senator George Akume had on Dec. 8, told the Northern political aspirants to
put off contesting the presidential election until 2031, when President Bola
Tinubu would have completed his second term.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation specifically asked Atiku to
forget about being President in 2027. Senator George Akume added that if God
wants Atiku to be President of Nigeria, he can win an election at the age of
90.
Reacting through his media aide, Paul Ibe, Atiku stated that President Tinubu’s
performance showed he did not deserve another term.
"God forbid," Atiku Abubakar, who was the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) candidate in the 2023 elections added.
He also told Senator George Akume that Nigerians will decide who leads the
country in 2027.
Atiku added that the disparity of six years in power between the North and
South casts a shadow over the balance of power in the country.
He said by 2027, the South would have enjoyed 17 years of leadership, while the
North would have experienced 11 years.