Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, has expressed his opinion on why it would be risky for Nigerians to choose Atiku Abubakar as their choice for president in the general elections of 2023.
The senior attorney contended that the PDP abandoned its own Constitution and the principles of decency and justice ingrained in the power rotation doctrine, which ostensibly should go to the south in an effort to gratify Atiku’s political ambitions.
The party and its candidate, he continued, cannot be relied upon to defend the Nigerian Constitution as a government because they have made the presidential ticket available.
Adegboruwa stated that Atiku might not make a good president based on his refusal to accept Nyesom Wike as the unanimous choice of the PDP Committee formed to choose his running partner for vice president.
Additionally, he argued that the PDP could not, in good conscience, permit a northern Muslim from the north to run for president in 2023 after eight years of President Muhammadu Buhari, a Muslim from the North west.
He wrote via his Facebook page on Monday: “ In order to satisfy the political ambition of Atiku, PDP ate its own vomit, threw away its own Constitution and rejected decency and justice embedded in the power rotation doctrine. If PDP will not honour it’s own Constitution, how can it be trusted with the Constitution of Nigeria?
“In seeking to succeed Buhari from the same Northern region, Atiku and his supporters do not believe in the plurality and unity of Nigeria. In seeking to succeed Buhari who is a Muslim of the same faith with him, Atiku does not believe in the secularity of Nigeria as stated in our Constitution.
“In rejecting the popular decision of the PDP Committee set up to select his Vice-Presidential candidate, Atiku has shown himself to be an incurable dictator, who may be worse than Buhari if trusted with power.
“An Atiku presidency will translate to 16 years of unbroken presidency of the North, which will lead to more agitations and may snowball into disintegration.
“An Atiku presidency will translate to 16 years of Muslim-Muslim presidency, which will facilitate more terrorist attacks, lead to marginalization of people of other faiths and likely increased persecution.”
According to Adegboruwa, Atiku is not a viable option for Nigerians, and anyone with a clear conscience should not cast a ballot for the PDP.
The All Progressive Congress Muslim-Muslim ticket represented by Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shetimma was previously denounced by the SAN.
InsightnaijaTV reports that on April 28 during the PDP’s convention in Abuja, Atiku clinched the party’s presidential nomination.
If he prevails in the election in 2023, he has pledged to unite Nigeria.
