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PDP Crisis: Reconciliation Can’t Boost PDP And Atiku’s Chances In 2023 – Arewa Youth President

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With less than 100 days to the 2023 general election, the National President of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Yerima Shettima has opined that no amount of reconciliation can boost the chances of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar, to win next year polls.

Shettima said the current situation between Atiku and the aggrieved five governors led by the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike doesn’t indicate that it would be resolved before the elections next year.

Naija News reports that the AYCF national president said the unresolved crisis might affect the party’s chances of returning to power.

Shettima’s take on the issues is against the backdrop that all efforts to reconcile with the aggrieved governors have failed and instead, the G-5 governors have gone ahead to form an integrity group.

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He told Daily Post that those managing the crisis for Atiku did a bad job, hence the party would suffer during the election.

Shettima submitted that at this point whether they reconcile now or not, it has affected the party and Atiku already, adding that “No amount of reconciliation would save the party from imminent defeat.”

He added that “Well, there is no question on whether it will affect Atiku or not because it has already affected him, even if they are reconciling today, it can’t be like it used to be from the onset.

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“Sometimes, leadership has to do with responsibility; no matter how much you underestimate somebody, as long as he can add value to your life, you must at least give him that respect. The managers of the crisis on the part of Atiku need to do more.

“So, whether they reconcile now or not, it has affected him already. Under normal circumstances, if they were on good terms with those five governors, including Wike, the game would not have been the way it is. It would have been obvious and very clear that the battle would be serious, but with the delay in reconciling, some of them have said things that they can’t go back to swallow.

“Even if they reconcile now or not, it’s a bad signal on the part of Atiku and the PDP as a whole. Even if they go back today, the damage has already been done, this could have been averted and avoided if men of wisdom and sincere people had been brought on board to resolve the issue.”

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