{"id":120735,"date":"2025-07-17T09:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T08:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=120735"},"modified":"2025-07-17T09:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T08:21:09","slug":"atiku-obsessed-with-presidential-ambition-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/atiku-obsessed-with-presidential-ambition-apc\/","title":{"rendered":"Atiku obsessed with Presidential ambition &#8211; APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Myke Agunwa<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as a selfish politician obsessed with presidential ambition and unwilling to rebuild a party.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Atiku had in a letter dated July 14, 2025, resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party\u00a0 (PDP) stating that the decision was painful but inevitable following the recent political trajectory in the party.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reacting to the development, National Publicity Secretary of the ruling party, Felix Morka via his X handle on Wednesday, said Atiku is always driven by his selfish and obsessive presidential ambition, adding that he is never willing to commit to the hard work of building his party or resolving its internal crises.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cYet again, Atiku uses his revolving door out of the PDP, for the third time all in his desperate but ever elusive search for the presidential Golden Fleece.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Indisputably, the weakest link in Nigeria\u2019s partisan democracy, Atiku is driven only by his selfish and obsessive presidential ambition, never willing to put in the work to build his party or remain to solve its internal crises but claims a birthright entitlement to presidential ticket of his party to the exclusion of all others. Congratulations, Nigeria\u2019s incomparable political wanderer,\u201d Morka wrote.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recall that Atiku led five PDP Governors out of the PDP National convention in 2014 accusing former President, Goodluck Jonathan of usurping the turn of the notherner. He joined forces with President Bola Tinubu to form a coalition that birthed the APC.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, he left the APC after former President Muhammad Buhari defeated him at the party&#8217;s primary election that took place in Lagos and was very hesitant to join Buhari&#8217;s campaign train in 2015.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Myke Agunwa The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as a selfish politician obsessed with presidential ambition and unwilling to rebuild a party. 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