Former Nigeria vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to reports
at the weekend which claimed that he is open to join the Olusegun
Obasanjo-inspired Coalition for Nigeria Movement, CNM.
A report emerged in some section of the media on Saturday that the
former Vice President, who recently returned to the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, was willing
to join Obasanjo’s newly formed Movement.
Obasanjo had, during his registration as a member of the coalition in
Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Thursday, stated that the movement
was never a political party, adding that he would withdraw from it if
it morphed into one.
But speaking with DAILY POST on the matter, the spokesperson to
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Mr. Paul Ibe said, “Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is
focusing on the hope of his new political party.
“His Excellency is in the Peoples Democratic Party which is in
expansion. The party is reaching out to its members who defected to the
APC prior to the 2015 election and also reaching out to other political
parties.
“Obasanjo’s Movement is an anachronism. No one knows the direction of
the Coalition and you don’t expect his Excellency to be part of such
movement.
“You can’t work with a man like Obasanjo who has dismissed your
political party. He has even torn his membership card and declared his
retirement from partisan politics. So what is his movement all about?
“Atiku cannot belong to Obasanjo’s sponsored Movement.”