The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has said that the credential of national inclusivity, not ethnicity should be an ideal that the northern part of the county should examine in electing a new President for the country in the 2023 elections.
According to a statement made available by the Media Adviser to Atiku, Paul Ibe, on Saturday, the PDP standard bearer made the remarks when he was featured as a guest at the Arewa Joint Committee interactive sessions with various presidential candidates of political parties on Saturday in Kaduna. He noted that with a political career that spanned more than three decades, he stood shoulder-high as a northerner who had built bridges of unity across the country.
Atiku said, “I have been in politics for more than three decades and I am a northerner. So, if you ask me why I am the best candidate to lead Nigeria in 2023, I will simply say that what Nigeria needs is a pan-Nigerian President, not whether he is Yoruba, Igbo or Hausa-Fulani.”
Fake news hahaha thank God for internet and social media
Polished grave
This damage control will not work punch newspaper. We watched a video were Atiku was campaigning based on ethnicity. You can't be reporting otherwise. We heard directly from the horses mouth.
That's not what he said. I heard what he said myself.
Punch how much were you paid to manage this image control. E no go better for una
Useless man who said politics is a career.. God forbid this man to rule Nigeria.
After he don tell his people not vote igbo or Yoruba candidate… little wonder he never for one day condemn the killings of innocent 🇳🇬 citizens by his tribesmen/Fulani herdsmen
Are u one of them? Keep playing yourself a 'FOOL' atiku. Did u think we've forgotten how retract your first statement about the death of Deborah? Keep fooling yourself. You can get to Aso Rock as a Vice President and that you have experienced during Obasanjo regime.
punch why are you twisting what Atiku the unifire said in Arewa house? What sort of damage control are you doing for a man with deep ethinic and religion attachment? Atiku said and i quote 'The North need a candidate that understands the North not a Yuroba or Igbo candidate '
Atiku has just shown his bigotry in the most glaring way. When sb shows who they are, believe them. Don't doubt them. His deletion of the tweet condemning Deborah's death summed up his desperation to be president & lack of any guiding principles. Beware of AA & BAT.
Dem don pay media houses to write the cover story. Lol
You lots can not deceive us. Collect PDP's money and do their biddings. We're just lucky enough to have heard clearly what he said. He didn't speak in Hausa. He spoke in English.
LoL for video wey we see, una don miss road
Northerners need me, not a Yoruba or Igbo candidate - Atiku Indeed a unifaya! 😬
'A northerner does not need a Yoruba or Igbo candidate.’’ - PDP’s Atiku Abubakar. 'Church, it is time to take back your country.' - LP’s Peter Obi 'Though tongues and tribes may differ, our diversity is a promise for prosperity.' - APC’s officialABAT. NIGERIANS, VOTE WISELY
Fake news! Watch the video any and do something about your shameful headline
'I am a Northerner. I have transversed the whole of this country, I have built bridges. I think what the average Northerner needs is somebody who is from the North. Northerners do not need a Yoruba candidate or Igbo candidate.They need someone from the North.' - Atiku
Don’t try to whitewash this , we all heard what this man said. He is so not a unifire!
Speaking of him self the devil
This is why Peter Obi has to win.. Journalism needs to be revamped..
Fake news… why are you changing his words…
Stomach Infrastructure will kill all of you. Report exactly what the bigot said.
Fake news! The summary of what he said is the average Northerner needs a Northern President who is pan-Nigerian. Not an Igbo candidate or a Yoruba candidate. We have all seen the video!
I am more Nigerian than other Nigerians, I am more Muslim than other regions Muslims, they are infidels and kafirs , see a pattern here?
Unifier suspected but ruinifire confirmed.
three different media's recorded the same thing according to the video but punch is recording different things all together then something is wrong with punch newsletters.
Damage control. Lol
Punch you guys are liars and your news platform is becoming a useless one .Atiku said the north needs a northerner and not a Yoruba or Igbo candidate . Go back and look at the video . He is an ethnic bigot
Una don change headline
We don't want you! We don't need you!
As a media bandit, MobilePunc is doing damage control for atiku .The ethnic bigot himself said northern candidate in a recorded video, but punch rephrased the statement to mean 'pan Nigerian leader'. That's how they go about lying to the public.
What a 'SuckerPunch Newspaper'
Punch acting like the media arm of Atiku’s campaign.
God punish you pple!
I will unfollow punch reasons fake News, we thank God for social media
Punch? maybe maybe we have ear infection.
See ethnic personality calling kettle black
Lol ! This is why I don’t pick up nigerian newspapers 😂! Wetin we hear clearly and see for video, these ones wan change am, and expect people to take them seriously
If e sure for una make una post the video, WAKA there
Pan Nigeria Yoruba dey Igbo dey Hausa dey Wetin be pan Nigeria? EVERY BODY FOR THEMSELVES , you don talk say you're for the north.
Mumu dey shoot yourself for leg, dey deceive only yourself After you've played the ethnic card.
The quote in this new item is a lie! Thanks to God that we are not restricted to the traditional media. We have video evidence of atiku divisive statement!
Nigerian media doing damage control for Atiku after he has finally revealed himself as tribal and religious bigot. A responsible media should have been tearing his candidacy into pieces. Not giving him such nationalistic headline.
DemolaRewaju OfficialPDPNig guys definitely taking Nigerians for granted. I mean, atiku spoke in English language and there’s a video of his speech. Why try to twist the speech? Reason why this party do t deserve to be in power.
Atiku to the west..... Pan Nigeria Atiku to the north..... Don't vote ibo or yoruba
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