Fayose Says Atiku and Northerners have withdrawn Support for Buhari
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state has claimed that former Vice President and Presidential Aspirant, Atiku Abubakar and some leaders in the North have withdrawn their support for the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari.
Governor Fayose in a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday, said that the rumoured development spelt doom for the opposition party as it might be forces to accept defeat even before the March 28 presidential election.
The controversial governor claimed Atiku and his supporters were already on their way back to the Peoples Democratic Party. He also claimed the APC cancelled presidential rallies in Kaduna and Enugu because Buhari was not yet physically and mentally fit to go through the rigour of election campaigns.
He said: “We thank the APC for conceding defeat in the coming elections. At east, they, for the first time, appear realistic. Buhari’s insistence that he must be allowed to attend to his health is commendable. It is glaring that he needs to rest and not waste energy on a failed project. Those who claim to be his backers have abandoned the man and Buhari’s people have told him the bitter truth.
“That they would prefer to wait for another four years than to get trapped by some selfish South-west leaders for eight years. The preoccupation of the APC now is how to retain the APC- controlled states and prevent the PDP from capturing them. The tactical withdrawal of people like Atiku, Kwakwanso and the battle for survival by Tinubu and Amaechi in Lagos and Rivers have woken up Buhari to the politics of deceit that some are luring him to.
“While PDP leaders are confidently traversing the country meeting Nigerians and getting their support, APC leaders are held up in their hideouts. Who among them is canvassing support for Buhari now?
“Tinubu, for instance, is only pre-occupied with his aim of maintaining his stranglehold on Lagos’ resources by putting another stooge in the Government House, Ikeja, but this time around, he has failed woefully.”