Those who
made Nigeria world poverty capital should have their origin questioned- Atiku.
Atiku
Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 presidential
election, has described as “ridiculous” the claim by the APC that he is not
qualified to contest the election.
The
former vice-president said while he will “not dignify” the ruling party with a
response, the assertion suggests they have admitted to “tramping on the will of
Nigerians” during the election.
In
its response to Atiku’s petition challenging the outcome of the election, the
APC had said the PDP candidate is not a Nigerian by birth and so, is
unqualified to run for president.
Lateef
Fagbemi, counsel to APC, argued that Atiku was born on November 25, 1946 in
Jada, Adamawa state, which was then in Northern Cameroon; hence, he’s a citizen
of Cameroon.
But
in a statement issued by Paul Ibe, Atiku’s spokesman, the former VP said while
he based his case on “facts and statistical evidence,” the APC’s only defence
is “to attempt an unconstitutional redefinition of the term ‘Nigerian’.”
He
said rather than question his origin, those who made Nigeria become the world
poverty capital are “the very people whose Nigerians should be in doubt.”
“The
fact that the APC chose to base its defence on the ridiculous assertion that
the Waziri Adamawa is not a Nigerian should show to Nigerians the type of
characters we have in the APC and its government, whose legitimacy runs out on
May 29, 2019,” Atiku said in the statement issued on Saturday.
“The
position of the APC is so pedestrian and shows such straw clutching desperation
on their part, that I shall not dignify it with an answer. Our lawyers would,
of course, do the needful in court. But the point I want to draw the attention
of Nigerians to is that both the APC and its candidate have by this infantile
logic admitted to the fact that they trampled on the will of Nigerians and that
their only defence is to attempt an unconstitutional redefinition of the term
‘Nigerian’.
“I
am, however, confident in the Nigerian judiciary, as well as in the Nigerian
people. I trust that the Tribunal will treat such a claim with the contempt it
deserves. We must maintain our fidelity to the rule of law and to our fountain
of origin, the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as amended).”
He
added that he has committed his assets and talents to developing Nigeria
“through the provision of tens of thousands of direct jobs and hundreds of
thousands of indirect jobs.”
“I
make bold to state that those who have made Nigeria the world headquarters for
extreme poverty are the very people whose Nigerians should be in doubt, and
not a man, who worked with President Olusegun Obasanjo to double the per capita
Income of our nation in less than eight years,” Atiku added.
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