At 81, What Will Be Atiku’s Attraction?– Fayose Queries, Tells Atiku To Shun Contesting Election
Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has called the attention of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to his age by the year 2027 when another general election will take place in Nigeria.
Fayose expressed this on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.
The former Governor, while speaking on the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP asked Alhaji Abubakar to stop contesting for the Nigerian Presidential election based on his consistent political failures over the years and his age at the next election year.
Recall that Atiku unsuccessfully ran for President in Nigeria in 1993, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023, with three losses occurring at primaries.
He wondered what his attraction would be; thereby, asking him to stop contesting elections in the country.
He said, “I am sure at this stage with all due respect to him, he would rather want to stay away from politics of contesting elections again,” Fayose said on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics while speaking on the crisis in the PDP.
”By the time Asiwaju(Bola Tinubu) will finish, Atiku Abubakar will probably be 80 or 81 so what will be the attraction?
“We should leave the stage when the ovation is loudest, I respect him and I think Nigerians are craving for a younger generation than ever before so on what basis will Atiku come and contest again,”.
Earlier in the year, the 77-year-old, in an interview with Voice of America Hausa indicated the possibility of him contesting again for the 2027 presidential elections.
When asked if he would try again, he replied by saying, “God willing”.
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