2027: Atiku Denies Plan To Step Down For Anyone

Opposition person and erstwhile vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has denied wide reports that helium planned to measurement down for a younger idiosyncratic successful the 2027 statesmanlike race, saying the reports were a misrepresentation of a caller interrogation helium granted to the Hausa Service of the BBC.

A connection signed by Atiku’s media adviser, Paul Ibe, connected Thursday, said astatine nary constituent did the erstwhile Vice President expressly state, suggest, oregon adjacent connote that helium intended to measurement down for anyone.

He, however, noted that his main lone stressed that if a young campaigner were to look done a competitory superior election, helium (Atiku) would readily enactment specified a campaigner successful the 2027 predetermination without immoderate hesitation.

“It has go indispensable to clarify definite misrepresentations arising from the reportage of an interrogation granted by His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar, to the BBC Hausa Service by immoderate sections of the media.

“After a thorough reappraisal of some the video and transcripts of the interrogation – successful the archetypal Hausa and the English translation – it is evident that astatine nary constituent did the erstwhile Vice President expressly state, suggest, oregon adjacent connote that helium intends to measurement down for anyone.

“What Atiku Abubakar intelligibly and unambiguously said was that young people, arsenic good arsenic different prospective statesmanlike aspirants, are escaped to participate the contest. He further stressed that if a young campaigner were to look done a competitory primary, helium would readily enactment specified a campaigner without immoderate hesitation.

“While interpretative journalism is simply a morganatic facet of reporting, stretching mentation to the constituent of mischief is unacceptable and indispensable not beryllium encouraged.

“For the records, therefore, the insinuations attributed to the Waziri Adamawa from his BBC Hausa interrogation are inaccurate and bash not bespeak what helium really said,” Paul Ibe stated.