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A former presidential candidate and key opposition coalition member, Dele Momodu, has claimed that ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, had a deal with the erstwhile president, Olusegun Obasanjo.
According to him, Atiku had a deal to take over power from Obasanjo after his first tenure.
He, however, noted that the deal fell through and Obasanjo withdrew all of Atiku’s then constitutional privileges.
Speaking via an article shared on his Facebook page, Momodu alleged that Atiku had enjoyed the humongous support of former governors for the deal to materialise.
He stated that after the deal failed, Atiku, unlike his contemporaries, had become involved in various productive businesses and had successfully navigated a career outside of politics.
The post reads partly, “The deal was that he would take over after their first term in office but it fell through despite the humongous support from the majority of the governors.
“He still respected his boss and doused the tension in the second term when he was virtually stripped of his Constitutional obligations and rights. He accepted his fate with uncommon equanimity.
“Since then he has engaged in productive and well managed businesses unlike most of his contemporaries who cannot survive outside power and politics.
“He is a man with Midas touch and has his fingers in many fruitful pies. Nigeria would have been a much better place if the majority of our leaders had been gainfully employed like him.”
Naija News reports that Atiku was Obasanjo’s Vice President from 1999 to 2007. After leaving office, the former Vice President had tried several times to become president but failed.
In the 2023 presidential election, the former Vice President came second behind President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
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