Buhari vs Atiku: Group Gives Atiku 21 Days Ultimatum To Return To Cameroon And Apologize To Nigerians

Group Attacks Atiku Over Alleged Nationality

The Coalition of Minority Tribes in Nigeria has given the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, 21 days to leave the country.

As an option, the group advised the former Vice President to apologize to Nigerians and seek naturalization as a Nigerian citizen.

The group took this position in reaction to the recent claim by the All Progressives Congress that Atiku is a Cameroonian and not a Nigerian.

Naija News recalls the APC has already filed a motion at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja challenging the nationality and subsequent candidacy of Atiku in the presidential election.

Addressing a news conference on Monday, Abdulmuminu Hassan, Secretary-General to the group said it is an issue of concern for the true nationality of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to be an issue of contention.

Read the full text of his speech below.

“This same scenario could also be the reason why former President Olusegun Obasanjo refused to allow him to succeed him as President of Nigeria in 2007. This much was stated by former president Olusegun Obasanjo in his autobiography “My Watch” where he stated in unequivocal terms that the paternity of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was “shadowy.”

“We are, therefore, constrained to state that it is such a shame that the Nigerian authorities have allowed such a sham fester for decades without detecting, and thereby causing Nigeria and Nigerians the opportunity to develop her country the way Nigerians would do.”

“The Conference of Minority Tribes in Nigeria is indeed alarmed that the paternity of Alhaji Atiku was left undetected and he aspired and held the number two position of Vice President in Nigeria.”

“His relationship with Simon Ateba, a Nigerian based Cameroonian journalist that was arrested in Cameroon for being a spy is also suspect and leaves more to be imagined.”

“Consequently, the Conference of Minority Tribes in Nigeria wishes to use this medium to issue a 21-day ultimatum to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar return to Cameroon to reunite with his family members. This is important to save Nigerians the trauma of having to deal with his nationality.”

“The Conference of Minority also wishes to advise Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to in an alternative solution seek naturalization as a Nigerian by applying to the Federal Ministry of Interior in Nigeria. This way Nigerians would forgive him for his sins and show him understanding since he has lived the better part of his life in Nigeria. Though at great disservice to Nigeria.”

“The Conference of Minority Tribes in Nigeria shall not hesitate to mobilize its members across the nook and crannies in Nigeria to a street protest should Alhaji Atiku Abubakar fail to tender unreserved apologies to Nigerians, and also return to Cameroon or seek naturalisation in Nigeria.”