Former
Vice President Atiku Abubakar has explained why he has not been attending the
campaigns of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate,
Gen.Muhammadu Buhari.
Atiku,
in an interview with BBC Hausa, in the early hours of Friday, said he had not
been invited to the APC presidential campaign rallies.
He
said he would not attend the campaign if not invited. The former vice president
was an aspirant in the presidential primaries in which Buhari emerged the
winner.
He
said, “There are minor irregularities in connection with the system being
followed by the campaign team of General Buhari but we are trying to correct
it. They need to check the strategy they are adopting.
Atiku
said he had informed the director of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, Mr.
Rotimi Amaechi, about the issue. “I told him that if he did not invite me, I
will not go,” he added.
Meanwhile,
the former VP also denied reports that he was planning to return to the Peoples
Democratic Party.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has
revealed how President Goodluck Jonathan repeatedly appealed to him to dump the
All Progressives Congress, APC, and return to the ruling Peoples Democratic
Party.
Atiku said the president pleaded with him
three times, once during a surprise midnight visit to his house.
Mr. Abubakar said he turned down the personal
request of President Jonathan to return to the PDP on three separate occasions.
He said the last was in Abuja last Friday when
the President paid him a surprise midnight visit.

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