Naja’atu said: ”I am not doing Atiku today for anything. I gave my reasons, and my reasons I said, Peter Obi is a movement without structure.
By Ishaya Ibrahim
A former Director of the Presidential Campaign Council of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Naja’atu Mohammed, has explained why she chose to support the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, over the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi.
Recall that Naja’atu resigned her appointment in the APC Presidential Campaign Council over the allegation that the party’s standard bearer, Bola Tinubu, looks too sickly to lead Nigeria. But the APC fired back, saying Naja’atu was sacked for incompetence and being a mole in their midst.
On her preference for Atiku, Naja’atu says Obi lacks the structure, and willingness to make marks outside other geopolitical zones.
She said: ”I am not doing Atiku today for anything. I gave my reasons, and my reasons I said, Peter Obi is a movement without structure.
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“I also said this is the first time the Nigerian youths have a voice and are coming together to form some kind of movement; it is not even about Peter Obi. This movement will outlive Mr Peter Obi.
“What I said is that they have a structural problem.
“I will give you an example; Buhari, since 2003, was getting 15 million votes, but he could not be president.
“Why? Despite the cult followership the North gave to Buhari, why didn’t he win? He did not win because he had structural problems and could not build bridges.
“It took the alliance, which he had rejected severally with the Southwest in particular, that he was able to become president; that is the only reason.
“I have no luxury of time and that is why I said I am choosing between a devil and a deep blue sea,” she added.