{"id":59894,"date":"2017-10-19T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=59894"},"modified":"2017-10-19T13:50:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T12:50:00","slug":"2019-apc-divided-atiku-chieftain-blasts-joe-igbokwe-comments-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2019-apc-divided-atiku-chieftain-blasts-joe-igbokwe-comments-atiku\/","title":{"rendered":"2019: APC Divided Over Atiku As chieftain blasts Joe Igbokwe over comments on Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Comrade Timi<br \/>\nFrank has advised a member of the Lagos APC chapter, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, to<br \/>\nstop regurgitating load of rubbish and file a petition of corruption<br \/>\nagainst former Vice President Atiku Abubakar if he has evidence instead of<br \/>\nusing desperately news-hungry online muck raking media to convict him of<br \/>\ncorruption.<\/p>\n<p>Igbokwe had told an online media that the for VP Atiku &#8220;can not be Nigeria<br \/>\nPresident,&#8221; attributing his reason to corruption.<\/p>\n<p>But reacting in a statement\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1170574962\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Thursday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0in Abuja, to what he called<br \/>\nIgbokwe&#8217;s desperate enemy efforts to bring down Atiku Abubakar at all<br \/>\ncosts, Frank reminds\u00a0 the APC official that the media have not and cannot<br \/>\nbe an alternative court to try and convict perceived political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>He also asked whether Igbokwe has forgotten that Atiku Abubakar remain one<br \/>\nof the most investigated politicians\u00a0 anywhere in the world, asking the<br \/>\nAPC Lagos spokesman to present to the world if he has any evidence against<br \/>\nthe Waziri Adamawa or &#8220;keep silence forever.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Has Igbokwe lost\u00a0 the address to the EFCC office in Lagos or Abuja? What<br \/>\nstopped him from going there with all the evidence to convict Atiku? He<br \/>\nwould have achieved more maximum publicity by furnishing the EFCC with the<br \/>\nevidence of corruption against the former Vice President&#8221;, Frank asked<br \/>\nforcefully but rhetorically.<\/p>\n<p>According to the APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Igbokwe&#8217;s<br \/>\n&#8220;latest lazy propaganda is not original&#8221;\u00a0 and that &#8220;if enemies repeat<br \/>\nfalsehoods a million times, it will never be the substitute for evidence<br \/>\nof corruption against Atiku and indeed any other&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Frank says &#8220;rabies infected political Rottweilers like Igbokwe should<br \/>\nordinarily be ashamed of their dirty roles in politics and for bringing<br \/>\nour democracy into ridicule&#8221;, but regrets\u00a0 that Igbokwe mistook public<br \/>\ntoleration of his\u00a0 sycophantic politics for approval.<\/p>\n<p>Timi Frank reminds\u00a0 Igbokwe\u00a0 that the greatest tragedy is for a politician<br \/>\nto forget his origin and insult his roots because of political<br \/>\nopportunism, which has become his area of competence.<\/p>\n<p>He explains\u00a0 that &#8220;politicians that seek survival by being mercenaries<br \/>\ndeserve more pity than condemnation because honour and principles mean<br \/>\nnothing to them in this world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;God couldn&#8217;t have been kinder to Atiku Abubakar. 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