Atiku wants just one term, but Nigerians will yearn for more – Titi
Titi Abubakar, wife of the Africa Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said in spite of her husband’s promise to serve for a single term if elected, Nigerians would ask him to go for a second term.
In a viral video, Mrs Abubakar said at an event that her husband would be bringing his experience to the nation’s top job.
“Atiku is a sellable material. That is why I’m so proud of my husband. Atiku is a philanthropist. Atiku has done it before. Atiku is not going to learn on the job, and Atiku is not a novice,” she said.
The ADC chieftain’s wife dismissed insinuations that her husband, who will turn 80 this year, still harboured personal ambitions for wealth or power, insisting his motivation was service.
“Atiku doesn’t want Nigerians’ money. Atiku just wants to give back to the society what the society has done for him. Because many people keep saying, what is he looking for? Very soon, he’s going to be 80,” she said.
“Atiku wants to tutor you, children, how politics is being made Nigerians will be yearning for Atiku for a second time — that he said he was going to do just one time. But Nigerians will yearn for him and bring him,” she added.
Mrs Abubakar lamented the state of the country’s economy and governance under the current administration
“Now, today, we have no constitution. We have no rule of law. Nothing is working. Our economy is in shambles. And I wonder how people are living. I wonder how people are eating,” she said.
Mrs Abubakar said that by the time Atiku completed a term, he would have prepared his running mate to succeed him.
“By the grace of God, when Atiku comes to this table, I told you, people will yearn that Atiku should continue and do a second time. By then, he will have tutored his deputy. Maybe the deputy will take over from him,” she said.
