Following their latest meeting, the All Progressives Congress (APC) accused Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the contenders for president in the 2023 election, of being desperate.
This was revealed on Tuesday in a statement that Felix Morka, the national publicity secretary for the APC, signed.
In response to several rumors over Obi’s recent visit to Atiku, the party declared that their shared desperation to become Nigeria’s president and their abhorrent contempt for President Bola Tinubu’s government unify the two.
The statement reads in part, “Atiku and Obi are united by their mutual desperation to be President of Nigeria and ignoble disdain for President Bola Tinubu’s focused and extraordinary commitment to the transformation of our nation.
“Their restless drift in search of convenient party platforms to execute their presidential run only belie self-indulgent and opportunistic essence of their aspirations.”
Regarding the potential partnership between the former governor and former vice president, the party stated that it wouldn’t be shocking if Obi rejoins the PDP or if Atiku leaves the party to join the Labour Party, given their reputation as political vagabonds.
It made clear that Nigerians would not trust men to take on the nation’s difficult and complicated political, economic, and national concerns if they couldn’t even establish or mend their party.
“Men without the staying power to build or fix their own parties, who flee at the slightest flicker of internal crisis cannot possibly be trusted by Nigerians to tackle serious and complex national, political and economic challenges that confront our nation,” the statement added.
