Dubai comment: Tinubu, APC not worth taking serious — Atiku

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to a comment by his opponent and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The APC candidate had in a statement released in Abuja by Tunde Rahman, Tinubu’s Media Officer, shortly after his interactive session with members of the popular Tijjaniyyah sect in Kano said; ““I won’t be a part-time President who will share time between living in Dubai and Nigeria. I would concentrate attention and energy on confronting and surmounting Nigeria’s pressing challenges.”

Meanwhile, Atiku had spent most of his time in Dubai after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared President Muhammadu Buhari winner of the 2019 election.

Atiku’s media adviser, Paul Ibe, was reacting to the comments made against his principal by the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu at an interactive session with members of the Tijjaniyyah sect in Kano last weekend.

Ibe, who said Tinubu’s comment should not be taken seriously, stated:  “The president of Nigeria, the most populous country in the black continent is not for comedians,” he said.

“The process of selecting a president is not a jamboree so the earlier the APC puts its house together and starts by having a council in place. They shouldn’t be taken seriously because of their inability to organise.

“Nobody should take the candidate of that party (APC) seriously. No one should take a candidate and a party whose health situation, early school, and early years are all shrouded in secrecy. No one should take such a candidate seriously.”