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Presidential Candidate of the People\u2019s Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar,\u00a0has described as \u201cridiculous\u201d the claim by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that he is not qualified to contest the election.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The former vice-president said while he will \u201cnot dignify\u201d the ruling party with a response, the assertion suggests they have admitted to \u201ctramping on the will of Nigerians\u201d during the elections.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lateef Fagbemi, counsel to APC had argued that Atiku was born on November 25, 1946 in Jada, Adamawa state, which was then in Northern Cameroon; hence, he\u2019s a citizen of Cameroon.<\/span><\/p>\n

But in a statement issued by Paul Ibe, Atiku\u2019s spokesman, the former VP said while he\u00a0<\/span>based his case on \u201cfacts and statistical evidence,\u201d the APC\u2019s only defence is \u201c<\/span>to attempt an unconstitutional redefinition of the term \u2018Nigerian\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He said rather than question his origin, those who made Nigeria become the world poverty capital are \u201cthe very people whose Nigerianness should be in doubt.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that the APC chose to base its defence on the ridiculous assertion that the Waziri Adamawa is not a Nigerian should show to Nigerians the type of characters we have in the APC and its government, whose legitimacy runs out on May 29, 2019,\u201d Atiku said in the statement issued on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe position of the APC is so pedestrian and shows such straw clutching desperation on their part, that I shall not dignify it with an answer. Our lawyers would, of course, do the needful in court.\u00a0But the point I want to draw the attention of Nigerians to is that both the APC and its candidate have by this infantile logic admitted to the fact that they trampled on the will of Nigerians and that their only defence is to attempt an unconstitutional redefinition of the term \u2018Nigerian\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am, however, confident in the Nigerian judiciary, as well as in the Nigerian people. I trust that the Tribunal will treat such a claim with the contempt it deserves. We must maintain our fidelity to the rule of law and to our fountain of origin, the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as amended).\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that he has committed his assets and talents to developing Nigeria \u201cthrough the provision of tens of thousands of direct jobs and hundreds of thousands of indirect jobs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI make bold to state that those who have made Nigeria the world headquarters for extreme poverty are the very people whose Nigerianness should be in doubt, and not a man, who worked with President Olusegun Obasanjo to double the per capita Income of our nation in less than eight years,\u201d the former VP added.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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