I'm Not Eyeing Buhari's Job -Atiku

            
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned those he described as political mischief makers to stop their sinister propaganda targeted at drawing a wedge between him and President Muhammadu Buhari in order to cause needless distrust and distractions in the president’s government

Atiku, who is also a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who was among the four aspirants who contested the party’s presidential primaries with Buhari, said the detractors should allow him enjoy the relative peace he was at himself at the moment.

The former vice president sounded this warning yesterday in a statement issued by his media office in Abuja and signed by his media adviser, Mazi Paul Ibe.

He was reacting to insinuations by what he called “political mischief makers and enemies of unity” that he had been hosting political meetings at Burj Al-Arab, Dubai.

He added that contrary to the rumours being bandied around by political opponents, he is currently in Dubai with his family for physiotherapy on his injured knee

Atiku further stated that he was embarrassed by the deliberate falsehoods being spread against him by political opponents who are bent on causing distraction for Buhari at a time all energies should be channelled into helping the president actualise his change agenda.

Describing rumour mongers as “ill-motivated busybodies that don’t wish the country well”, the 

Turaki Adamawa explained that his medical treatment is his private affairs, which should not be politicised by anybody to achieve sinister objectives.

He said he was entitled to enjoy his private life, including the right to attend to his health, without being harassed and lied against by political opponents.

The statement reads in part, “Contrary to the insinuations by political opponents, the former vice president says the success of the Buhari administration has been his preoccupation, and that any true APC member should have the same zeal.

“According to him, rumour mongers that seek to cause distrust and distraction in Buhari’s government do not mean well for the APC administration. The former vice president says with the challenges of providing good governance for the country and creating job opportunities for Nigerians, including reducing the impact of poverty, Buhari needs all the goodwill and support in this endeavour.

“Whether at home or abroad, the Turaki is preoccupied with his unassailable support to Buhari and his administration, especially in this critical time, as it works assiduously to turn the fortunes of our dear country around and make Nigeria work for the greater good of Nigerians”

Atiku further observed that rumour mongers and mischief makers are toxic to the progress of the APC and the country at large, adding that the campaigns are gone, and therefore, all energies should be constructively devoted to the success of the Buhari administration.

“This is yet another plot of the enemies of our country and democracy to divide, divert attention and distract the APC in its avowed commitment to secure the country, provide jobs for the mass of unemployed youths, build needed critical infrastructure, enthrone a regime of probity and accountability and pull the country out of the economic woods it has been consigned to by locust years of mismanagement”, the statement added.

Source :Leadership