You are too desperate for power - Group tells Atiku

- A pro-democracy group, Make A Difference (MAD), has disclosed why former vice president Atiku Abubakar dumped APC for PDP

- The executive director of the group Lemmy Ughegbe said though Atiku has right of association, he is too desperate for position

- Ughegbe, however, said the vice president needs to be tempered to turn every situation into political fortunes

A pro-democracy group, Make A Difference (MAD), has declared that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is a man who too desperate for power.

Premium Times reports that MAD spoke against Atiku’s recent action of dumping the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The executive director of the group Lemmy Ughegbe who made this known in Abuja said although Atiku has the constitutional right of association.

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According to Ughegbe, ''Without doubt Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has a constitutionally defined and guaranteed right to lawful association and assembly provided for by section 1 of the 1999 Constitution as amended. Clearly, the former vice president more than anyone else understands this right and has leveraged it a few times.

''Surely, all right thinking persons would simply be wondering the source of such seeming desperation for power that has occasioned Atiku to jump ship from the ruling party to PDP, which he left a few years ago, after his well-documented statement that it (PDP) was beyond redemption.

''I am aware that political jobbers and all those out to exploit the former vice president would hastily jump to attack all those who speak frankly on this matter of defection.

''So, when the moral question as to Atiku’s seeming desperation for power is raised, I believe he must not gloss over it, but respond with due respect for the Nigerian electorates.

''He cannot wish this question away. And he will do better not to engage attack dogs to manage such issues, but dutifully and meticulously pick a team of dynamic persons who have great temperament and well measured language to assist him where necessary.

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''I am curious why he returned to a party (PDP), which he declared in 2015 was beyond redemption. Is he back to the party with renewed anointing from his sojourn in APC to redeem it? If APC guaranteed him the party’s presidential ticket would he have defected to the once irredeemable PDP?''

Ughegbe added, ''Atiku and his supporters cannot possibly wish these begging questions away. No matter how hard they try.

''They need to be tempered and well measured to respond in a way that turns this situation into political fortunes instead.''

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state accused Atiku of lying when he claimed he financed the campaign of the APC in 2015.

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Source: Naija.ng