Atiku Should Let PDP Breathe – Party Chieftain

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, House of Representatives candidate for Ekiti Central Constituency two, in the 2023 polls, Lere Olayinka has asked the party’s presidential candidate in the last general elections, Atiku Abubakar, to perish the idea of contesting the 2027 presidential election.

Olayinka made the call while reacting to the Supreme Court judgment, dismissing Atiku’s petition against the victory of President Bola Tinubu,

He said, “as it is now, Atiku needs to let PDP breathe.” adding that “Atiku’s selfishness and arrogance put PDP where it is today. Going forward, he should excuse himself and let new people be the face of the party.”

According to the PDP chieftain, “Rather than bringing everyone together to confront the election, they were more interested in dealing with those who told them the truth, suspending and expelling National Assembly candidates of the party and spending millions of Naira on lawyers to defend the suspension.

“They even had names of those they will show pepper when their President-in-waiting assumes office. Now, eyes don clear.”

While calling on those already selling the idea of the former Vice-president contesting again in 2027 as the main opposition party candidate to perish the idea, Olayinka said, “Enough of Atiku is coming every four years. PDP does not belong to any single individual.

“Most importantly, politics should not be about one person’s interest all the time. Someone left the PDP in 2007 when he knew he won’t get the presidential ticket. He came back in 2011 to fight for the ticket in a very toxic manner, he lost.

“Just like 2007, when he saw that he won’t get the PDP ticket in 2015, he instigated crisis in the party and left for the APC. The moment it became clear that he won’t get the APC in 2019, he returned to the PDP.

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“Truth is, if he had lost the PDP ticket in 2019, he would have probably moved to another party.

“Now that he has gotten what he wanted two times and failed, the party should be allowed to pick the pieces of its political life and move on with Atiku taking the back seat.”