2015: Atiku Sidelined Again? If the news from the All Progressives Congress is any indication of how things are shaping up in the party of “change,” then it appears recent Nigerian political history is repeating itself, at least where it concerns former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. And like the hapless cartoon character with a big question mark over his head, the former VP must be scratching his chin once more, wondering how he could have allowed a certain former Lagos governor to trick him yet again. For the APC to therefore brush aside the issue of religious sensitivity on the grounds that it is only interested in capability and competency, only to fill its senior interim national executive positions with Muslims—and possibly field a Muslim/Muslim ticket in 2015—is to roundly insult the entire Christian community in the country. The question here is: does Atiku subscribe to such affront to all Christians? Moreover, Atiku needs to realise that for the APC to fly a Buhari/Tinubu ticket in 2015 is to effectively confine him to the political dustbin. By fielding the duo, the APC would be saying it has no faith in Atiku’s ability to have any impact on its electoral fortunes. If such is the case, the former VP should consider if it is not in his best political interest to do the migratory acronym dance back to the PDP, where all comers—regardless of whether they are Muslims, Christians or idol worshippers—are welcome. A word, as the popular saying goes, is enough for the wise. Besides, another popular saying has it that, if a man tricks me once, shame on him, but if he tricks me twice, shame on me.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 21:30:35 +0000
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