A group known as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Action 2023, has asked former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, not to run for the office of the president in 2023.
The group alleged that Atiku has abandoned the party and spends more time in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), since he lost the 2019 presidential election.
The ex-vice president, who was the presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2019 election, has not yet declared his intention to contest in 2023.
However, his son, Adamu Atiku Abubakar, had hinted that he would run again.
In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, chairman of the group, Rufus Omeire, said:
“It is a betrayal of trust for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to neglect the feelings and sacrifices of ordinary voters who supported him and PDP in 2019,” the group said.
“Now the 2023 elections are at hand, he has returned and started politicking once again. Apparently, the only thing he is very good at, is politics.
“We think that time has come for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, GCON, to step aside and allow others, preferably the younger generation, to step forward.”
Atiku’s media office has not responded to the comment of the PDP group.
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