- Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has warned politicians to stop making predictions about which party would be given the mandate to lead Nigeria in 2019
- Atiku stated that it was only arrogance which would make certain individuals make such predictions
- According to the former vice president, the ability to dictate the future is not within the purview of man, but God
Politicians have been warned by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, to desist from uttering absolute statements about which political party would take power in 2019, Premium Times reports.
Atiku made his comments as he took questions from a live audience after announcing his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday, November 3.
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar says politicians should stop making predictions about 2019 (Photo credit: ThisDay)
The former VP had been asked by an audience member identified as Ikechi, to explain his rationale for returning to the PDP even after the opposition party had been ruled out of Nigeria’s power equation forever, by the minister for information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
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NAIJ.com gathers that Atiku stated that it was not man’s place to dictate the future, but God’s.
He said: “Nobody knows the future other than God; and to dictate what the future will be is not within man’s purview.
“But it is about Nigeria, not about power. Power for powers own sake breeds arrogance; and arrogance makes men say things like that.”
Alhaji Mohammed had reportedly stated that the PDP would never return to power, especially since the Muhammadu Buhari administration had done well.
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that Aisha Yesufu, the convener of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaign, chided Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former Vice President, for his recent defection to the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP).
She questioned the former VP’s character, asking him if it was by force to serve Nigerians.
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Source: Naija.ng