{"id":58099,"date":"2017-06-15T14:35:26","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T13:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=58099"},"modified":"2017-06-15T14:35:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T13:35:26","slug":"atiku-politics-waziri-adamawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/atiku-politics-waziri-adamawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Atiku and the Politics of Waziri Adamawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The lifetime ambition of former vice president Atiku Abubakar is to be the president of Nigeria and to have absolute control of Adamawa politics. Atiku\u2019s pursuit of this super-ambition dates back to nearly 34 years. When a typical Nigerian politician rises to a new position of traditional power and eminence, he or she becomes more ambitious and starts to seek more political relevance. Today, Atiku is the Waziri Adamawa, simply the second-in-command to the Lamido of Adamawa in the Adamawa Emirate Council.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The ancient Emirate of Adamawa is a very important product of the Sokoto Caliphate. Adamawa was known as &#8220;The wild east&#8221; of the Caliphate. Its vast highlands were occupied by Fulani settlers, stretching as far as Northern Cameroon and some parts Chad republic. Adamawa Emirate is the most cosmopolitan among the emirates that were products of the Sokoto Caliphate- because it composes diverse ethnic and religious groups. The Adamawa Emirate, despite being a product of the Usman Danfodio Jihad, has non\u2013fulanis Christians holding some important traditional titles.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The title of Waziri Adamawa does attract much political analysis; but with the person of Atiku\u2019s political standing being conferred with the title, some narratives about the title, by default, have assumed political tones. Often, one cannot separate politics from traditional titles; especially when it is in the revered and historically significant emirate like Adamawa.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Many observers were surprised when Atiku was announced the new Waziri; but students of political history were not because the previous holders of the title were of similar class with Atiku in terms of prominence and clout, though, Atiku is in the class of his own in terms of personal wealth.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Many politicians work hard to secure many traditional titles in order to promote their private ambitions in local and national politics. Atiku is not different; he has been immersed in Adamawa politics for a long time. \u00a0In 1983, Atiku shocked the political scene of the old Gongola state, when he single-handedly donated one million Naira and two vehicles to the Kontigi Movement- the Bamanga Tukur governorship campaign- which Tukur eventually won. While in 1987, during zero party elections, Atiku smartly installed his prot\u00e9g\u00e9 -Atiku Wakili as Chairman of the old Ganye local government council. Atiku achieved these while he was in not in active politics. In Adamawa politics, Atiku is always in the equation- he is either pulling the strings or those in power see him as the ultimate threat. The current politicians in Adamawa state can be categorized into three- they are either in Atiku\u2019s team, or have left the team, or about to join the team.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In Adamawa politics, Atiku\u00a0 \u00a0has witnessed moments of successes, failures and disappointments. Thus, he knows that for one to have absolute control of state\u2019s politics- one requires strong war chest, well-established political structure and influence in the traditional class. \u00a0Atiku seems to have cleverly walked his own path to get the latter in a way never seen before. Atiku also has a good influence on the Chamba chiefdom that has one of largest voting blocs in Adamawa.\u00a0 Though, having strong influence on the traditional class does not necessary mean controlling the voting population- but in many rural settings like Adamawa, fact is emirs, kings and chiefs have influence on their poor subjects. Nevertheless, \u00a0\u00a0being the Waziri does not automatically give Atiku the control of the Adamawa polity, because the politics of the state is always determined by some permutations \u2013 concessions, give and take and strong political structure, not also forgetting the thorny issues of faith, geography and tongue.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Atiku is well known for his longtime presidential ambition and being politically opportunistic. Atiku, in his calculations may have seen his new traditional title of Waziri as a further inch towards total grip of Adamawa politics and a chance at actualizing his presidential ambition starting from the home front. After all, his previous presidential election outings were marred with very weak home support.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">With Buhari\u2019s incumbency and unexplainable strong followership in the north, Tinubu\u2019s tight grip of the southwest, Osinbajo new found footings, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso\u2019s growing strengths \u00a0and new bred presidential materials like Governors Aminu Tambuwa and Nasir El-rufai, and the longtime tag of corruption on Atiku\u2019s neck, the game seems over for Atiku. This is the same reason Atiku always flies the \u2018Restructuring kite\u2019<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>Zayyad I. Muhammad Jimeta, Adamawa State, <a href=\"mailto:zaymohd@yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\">zaymohd@yahoo.com<\/a> 08036070980. He blogs at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zayyaddp.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.zayyaddp.blogspot.com<\/a><\/i><\/span><\/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>The lifetime ambition of former vice president Atiku Abubakar is to be the president of Nigeria and to have absolute control of Adamawa politics. 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