The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has promised to step out from the 2023 presidential race if Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) makes his primary school and classmates public.
This is even as Atiku warned Nigerians not to take Tinubu and the ruling party seriously ahead of the 2023 elections.
Speaking with TheCable through his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, on Monday, Atiku said any presidential candidate whose health is “shrouded in secrecy” should not be taken seriously.
Atiku was reacting to a recent comment by Tinubu who had said he would give 100 per cent of his time to Nigerians and would not be a part-time president who stays between Dubai and Nigeria.
The APC standard bearer said this while speaking on Sunday at an interactive session with members of the Tijjaniyyah sect in Kano State.
Tinubu’s comment was seemingly directed at Atiku, who has been criticised for spending most of his time in Dubai since 2019 when he lost his presidential bid to President Muhammadu Buhari.
While reacting, Atiku told TheCable that Tinubu’s comment shouldn’t be taken seriously.
He said:
“The president of Nigeria, the most populous country in the black continent, is not for comedians.
“The process of selecting a president is not a jamboree so the earlier the APC puts its house together and starts by having a council in place. They shouldn’t be taken seriously because of their inability to organise.
“Nobody should take the candidate of that party (APC) seriously. No one should take a candidate and a party whose health situation, early school, and early years are all shrouded in secrecy. No one should take such a candidate seriously.”
Meanwhile, Tinubu’s state of health has raised serious concerns and questions.
Nigerians and many have argued that he might have been afflicted with a disorder of the central nervous system called Parkinson’s disease which also affects movement.
This is most especially as it has been observed on several occasions that he (Tinubu) finds it difficult to hold things firmly.
