2023 election: Wike aide uncovers how and why FCT minister rejected Atiku's running mate offer

• Lere Olayinka revealed that Nyesom Wike initially rejected Atiku Abubakar’s connection to beryllium his moving mate successful the 2023 predetermination owed to concerns implicit Atiku’s quality and integrity
• Olayinka referenced erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo’s publication My Watch, which described Atiku arsenic having a questionable background, a inclination for corruption, and a deficiency of integrity
• Olayinka contrasted Wike’s transparency with Atiku’s alleged inconsistency, emphasizing that Wike stands by his decisions, dissimilar Atiku, whom helium accused of governmental desperation

Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant connected Public Communications and Social Media to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has revealed wherefore Wike initially rejected Atiku Abubakar’s connection to beryllium his moving mate successful the 2023 statesmanlike election.

Olayinka’s connection came successful effect to a assertion by the Atiku Media Office that quality was the crushed Wike was not chosen arsenic the People's Democratic Party (PDP) vice-presidential candidate.

Wike's Aide Mentions How and Why FCT Minister Rejected Atiku's Offer to Be His Running Mate successful 2023
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Olayinka accuses Atiku of mediocre character

Speaking connected the matter, Olayinka alleged that Atiku lacked the quality and integrity required for leadership.

He emphasized that adjacent erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo, nether whom Atiku served arsenic Vice President, had made scathing remarks astir him successful his publication My Watch.

"One of the reasons Wike archetypal rejected Atiku's connection to person him arsenic his moving mate was his not-too-impressive quality and integrity rating, until helium was prevailed upon. And this, Atiku exhibited erstwhile helium rejected the determination of the committee the enactment acceptable up to prime his moving mate, adjacent aft telling everyone that the determination of the committee would beryllium binding connected him," Olayinka stated.

Obasanjo's Criticism of AtikuOlayinka further referenced Obasanjo’s book, wherever the erstwhile president reportedly criticized Atiku’s background and judgment.

"For the records, Obasanjo said successful his publication My Watch that 'What I did not know, which came retired glaringly later, was his parental inheritance which was somewhat shadowy, his propensity to corruption, his inclination to disloyalty, his inability to accidental and instrumentality to the information each the time, a propensity for mediocre judgment, his content and reliance connected marabouts, his deficiency of transparency, his spot successful wealth to bargain his mode retired connected each issues, and his readiness to sacrifice morality, integrity, propriety, truth, and nationalist involvement for aforesaid and selfish interest.'"

Aide speaks connected Wike's governmental stance

Olayinka contrasted Wike’s governmental stance with Atiku’s, asserting that Wike does not waver connected his decisions.

"Unlike Atiku, Wike does not fell oregon unreal connected wherever helium stands connected issues. He is not 1 that volition bash a tweet connected large issues and unreserved to delete it. He didn't unreal astir his presumption connected the 2023 predetermination and helium won’t unreal connected wherever helium volition basal successful 2027."

He advised Atiku to clasp truthfulness and reliability, particularly astatine his age, arguing that enactment should not beryllium driven by desperation.

"It is Atiku that should commencement being truthful and reliable, particularly present that helium is old, due to the fact that everything should not beryllium astir desperation to beryllium president," Olayinka added.

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