Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina state has described former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as a veteran loser of elections and that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, is better than all the other candidates vying to be the next president of Nigeria.
The 72-year-old Masari made this declaration during an interview with Nigerian-based television station, TVC.
“Who is better than him in the political terrain of Nigeria today?” Masari asked in response to a question on the chances of Tinubu, 70, in the 2023 presidential election.
Asked if Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, 61, was better, Masari said: “I don’t know him. Somebody who was a governor of Anambra? Go and ask a Katsina man and the politicians, how many of them know Peter Obi? We are talking about a presidential candidate of Nigeria, somebody who has cut all barriers – tribal, religious, regional, name it.”
Masari was, however, a bit more diplomatic with his response when asked about the chances of the 75-year-old presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar.
He said: “I think Atiku is a formidable force but our force is greater than him and he knows that. He is a veteran of contesting elections and also a veteran loser.”
The governor dismissed talks that 2023 is Atiku’s best chance of becoming President, saying, “That was said several times and it never came to pass and this one will never come to pass.”
When asked if Nigerian of northern extraction were buying into the Tinubu candidacy, Masari replied: “They’ve already bought into it. First of all, Bola Tinubu is not a new name in politics of Nigeria and we, the people of Katsina, know the role played by Bola Tinubu in 2015 for the emergence of Muhammadu Buhari.”
He added: “We know the support he gave in 2019 for the continuation of Muhammadu Buhari. We, here in Katsina, are not ingrates.”
Home Politics 2023: Atiku Is A Veteran Loser, Peter Obi Unknown Quantity – Governor Masari byNAJEEB IBRAHIM August 25, 2022 Reading Time: 2 mins read 494 SHARES ADVERTISEMENT Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina state has described former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as a veteran loser of elections.
Atiku, who is the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 elections, has taken several shots at the presidency but lost. Ironically in 2007, Atiku and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, one of his main opponents in the 2023 race, had teamed up to wrest power from the PDP, but late President Umaru YarÁdua won the election, which Atiku, then Vice President, contested under Action Congress founded by Tinubu.
Atiku’s last attempt at the presidency was in 2019, which he lost to President Muhammadu Buhari. While featuring as a guest on Journalists Hangout, a TVC current affairs programme, on Wednesday evening, Masari taunted the PDP presidential candidate, saying, “Atiku is a formidable force, but Tinubu is a greater force. Atiku is a veteran of election contests and a veteran loser. He will lose again.” Masari also dismissed Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, whom he described as an unknown quantity. “I don’t know Obi. How many Katsina people know Obi?” Who is better than Tinubu? We are talking of a presidential candidate of Nigeria that cuts through all barriers—tribal, regional and religion, name it. Asked if Katsina people had bought into the Tinubu project, Governor Masari said, “Tinubu will be next president Insha Allah. Katsina people have bought into it. The people know his role in 2015 when President Buhari was elected into office. They know his role in 2019, when Buhari was re-elected. We people of Katsina are not ingrates.” Masari said the problems of insecurity affecting some sections of the state would not affect the outcome of the 2023 election. “APC is still the party to beat. Insecurity is not only a Nigerian problem. Niger is not secure. Mali is not secure, Central Africa is not secure. There is a global insecurity problem,” he said
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