SAN FRANCISCO, July 19, (THEWILL) – Former Vice President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress APC, Atiku Abubakar has denied reports alleging that he was on Monday queried by the leadership of his party over his recent call for the restructuring of the country.
The Turaki Adamawa, through a press statement by his media office in Abuja, on Tuesday, explained that his visit to the party secretariat was a routine visit in his capacity as a chieftain of the party.
“My visit to the national secretariat of our great party was to rub minds with the party hierarchy, and it was of a routine kind as a chieftain of the party,” he declared.
“I was neither summoned nor queried by the party on any issue as being speculated. Rather, my visit was at my own behest.
“As a party chieftain, I owe it a duty to my party to appraise challenges within the structures of the party and also proffer suggestions on how to manage those challenges.
“I urge you all to discountenance any malicious insinuations about my visit to the party secretariat.”
THEWILL recalls that Atiku, was on Monday, locked in an hour-long closed door meeting with the leadership of his party with speculations that the meeting was not unconnected with the challenges facing the country and political permutations for 2019.
Story by David Oputah
