- Ex- Vice President Atiku Abubabakar has been chided by Hon Pally Iriase, for defecting to the PDP from the ruling APC party
- The lawmaker stated that Atiku’s reason for exiting the APC do not make sense, as he reminded the former VP that President Buhari took over when oil prices had crashed, so it was wrong to blame him for not fulfilling his promises
- Iriase said that politicians would lie to justify their actions, but predicted that Atiku would be a ‘non-factor’ when the 2019 campaign season begins
Pally Iriase, Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, has stated that Atiku Abubakar, the former vice president, was not fair to Nigerians when he defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Vanguard reports.
Iriase took offense with Atiku’s saying that he had quit the ruling party due to the unfulfilled promises of President Muhammadu Buhari.
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NAIJ.com notes that the chief whip stated that the president had assumed the nation’s top position at a time when oil prices had crashed.
He stated: “Buhari took over government at a time when the oil price crashed so there is no way he could have performed a miracle.
“Some politicians will tell lies when they want to justify their actions. What Atiku said does not make sense to me. Look at all these billions that are being trailed, they are in the hands of Nigerians.
“Mr President lamented the other day that when he was in the military, once you were known to be a thief, he would bundle you into the prison then from there you would prove whether you were clean or not.
“But this time, when you see a thief looting and going away with your money, they will tell you he is innocent until proved guilty by the court. He said you could see his dilemma. So you can see what is happening.
“When people say corruption is fighting back, it is serious. But I believe that given a lot of things quietly going on despite the paucity of funds, Nigerians will see the sincerity of purpose in this government.
“When it is time to start pin-pointing what has been achieved, the greater majority of Nigerians will know the difference.’’
According to Iriase, when the 2019 campaign season begins, “you will see that there will be no Atiku factor in Edo State or Nigeria as a whole.”
He continued: “This APC government is actually taking Nigeria on the right path. It is just that the rot that you need to clean up to start seeing light at the end of the tunnel is so humongous.
“We as human beings by nature want quick fix, but it is not possible to do quick fix. Even now, you are talking about predicating your budget on 45 dollars bench mark.
“All through the last administration, we were talking about 90 dollars to 98 dollars per barrel. Can we talk about that kind of money now? No. So people have to be reasonable.’’
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Recall that NAIJ.com previously reported that former Vice President Abubakar Atiku announced his return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Atiku made the announcement in a Facebook live video on Sunday, December 3 afternoon.
Atiku said his decision to leave the PDP was because the party strayed, but he had returned because the APC too had strayed from the exciting promises it made in its manifesto.
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Source: Naija.ng