Umar Ardo, former
Special Assistant to ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Local Government and
State Affairs, has said ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo will fight Abubakar
should the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, field him during the 2019
Presidential election.
The former Presidential
aide maintained that Abubakar’s return to the PDP will lead to the eruption of
enemies.
Speaking with
journalists in Abuja, on Tuesday, the PDP Chieftain stressed that the PDP was
better off without the former Vice President.
According to Ardo,
“Along with the friends that Atiku will be coming with to the party is also
those that will bring up enemies.
“For instance, it is an
open secret and everybody knows it that Obasanjo will fight him.
“I think I will
conclude that PDP will be better off without Atiku coming back.”
Ardo was earlier
reported to have said the return of Waziri of Adamawa would lead to conflict
within the party and turn party members against themselves.
He said, “There are
three disadvantages. We learnt that Atiku is coming back to the party with an
ambition; an ambition to contest for the Presidency.
“Now that will be a
source of conflict because there are others in the party who are also
interested and they are nursing this ambition. There will be conflict among
party members.
“Secondly, the deep
pocket that Atiku has will not only serve that ambition, it will also deepen
the conflict. The third disadvantage is that those foot soldiers will also
serve the ambition and in the process deepen the conflict.”
Credit: Daily Post
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