The Lamido Adamawa, Alhaji Muhammadu Barkindo-Mustafa, the powerful monarch of the home state of PDP Presidential hopeful, Atiku Abubakar, has endorsed his rival, President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term, urging Nigerians to give Buhari more time to actualize his dream for the country.
“Mr. President there is no doubt that much has been achieved during your present tenure, but certainly you need more time to actualize your dream for a better Nigeria”, the Lamido told President Buhari when he visited him in his palace in Yola last Thursday. The giant strides and inroads you recorded in various fields of our endeavors such as economy, security and fight against corruption, which still remain the cornerstone of your agenda, would not have been made possible if not for your resilient, focus, passion and love for the country. This therefore calls for all and sundry to rally round you and allow you to get to the next level to enable you consolidate the various laudable programs of your party,” the Lamido said.
When in late November 2018, the Lamido installed Atiku as the 7th Wazirin of Adamawa, an important chieftaincy position; pundits had hoped that would earn Atiku the political sympathy of the monarch. It is now evident that all the permutations are off the mark as the Lamido has now left Atiku in the political wilderness, in his home base.
It is now clear that the endorsement of the powerful monarch may have punctured Atiku’s hope of mining the monarch’s influence to win his home state of Adamawa. Atiku as the presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria in 2007, failed to win the state.
Now that the monarch has dashed Atiku’s hopes with the ringing endorsement of President Buhari in next Saturday’s election, Atiku faces an uphill task to win Adamawa state. From voting records, since 2004, President Buhari has never lost Adamawa, even under PDP organized elections, especially the flaws 2007 election, which Buhari lost to the late President Umar Yar’Adua.
Lamido Adamawa, Alhaji Muhammadu Barkindo-Mustafa
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