Former
Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has asked his political opponents to
desist from fabricating lies in a bid to cause a disagreement between
him and President Muhammadu Buhari.
Atiku, who
alleged that his political enemies were sponsoring propaganda to cause
distrust, said he was not plotting against the President.
He said this in a statement issued by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, on Sunday.
He dismissed an allegation that he had been hosting political meetings at Burj Al-Arab, Dubai, to frustrate Buhari.
Atiku
said, “This is the work of rumour-mongers planning to cause distrust and
distraction in Buhari’s government. They do not mean well for the APC
administration. With the challenges of providing good governance for the
country and creating job opportunities for Nigerians, including
reducing the impact of poverty, President Buhari needs all the goodwill
and support in these endeavours.”
According to the former vice-president, the success of Buhari’s administration has been his preoccupation.
He said
that contrary to the rumours being peddled by his political opponents,
he was currently in Dubai with his family for physiotherapy on his
injured knee.
He said it
was unfortunate that at a time that energy should be channelled into
helping the President actualise his change agenda, some were busy
spreading deliberate falsehood to cause distraction.
He warned that his private affairs should not be politicised by anybody to achieve sinister objectives.
Atiku 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 read, “This is yet another plot by 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 unemployed
youths, build the 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.
“Whether at home or abroad, the Turaki
is preoccupied with his unassailable support to President Buhari and
his administration, especially at this critical time, as he works
assiduously to turn the fortunes of our dear country around and make
Nigeria work for the greater good of all.
“Rumour-mongers
are toxic to the progress of the APC and the country at large. The
campaigns are gone, and therefore, all energies should be constructively
devoted to the success of the Buhari administration.”
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