Atiku Reacts To Obasanjo Making Mistake In Picking A Running Mate In 1999 | READ DETAILS
Following the claims of former president Olusegun Obasanjo on making a mistake in picking his running mate, the support group for Atiku Abubakar has reacted.
All Facts Newspaper had reported that Obasanjo while interacting with students on Saturday in Ogun state, said he made a mistake while picking his running mate during the 1999 presidential election.
Though the elder statesman did not mention Atiku in his statement, he had run with him during the election which he won.
Reacting to the statement credited to Obasanjo, the support group in a release signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Victor Moses, said Obasanjo and Abubakar are the best president and vice president ever recorded in Nigeria since the country gained her independence.
The statement read;
“We watched with dismay a video purportedly showing the former president of Nigeria, His Excellency, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo stating that one of his mistakes in life was his choice of number two man during the 1999 presidential elections.
“We wish to state without mincing words that former president Olusegun Obasanjo was the best president we’ve ever had as a nation since 1999.
“Similarly and without equivocation, His Excellency Atiku Abubakar, the Waziri Adamawa was, without a modicum of doubt, the best vice president Nigeria has ever had since 1960 independence.
“His Excellency, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo may recall that Nigeria under Atiku Abubakar as the head of the economic council experienced its best economic growth in history.”
“Therefore, we ask. How could someone with such an intimidating pedigree and best profile in economic management and development of a nation be a mistaken choice of a vice president?
“Nigerians are quite aware of a failed third term bid of His Excellency, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, which created ripples that refused to heal almost 24 years after, but His Excellency Atiku Abubakar’s decision to stand against the third term bid of Chief Obasanjo was not personal but to protect our young democracy.
“We call on His Excellency, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, to see his decision to work with Atiku Abubakar as his number two man as the best decision ever made in the overall interest of Nigeria and NOT a mistake.
“His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar is vindicated because archival facts and figures are out there to prove that he was indeed the best vice president we have ever had since independence in 1960.”
