Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, a former Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Political Matters, has warned former presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against seeking the presidency in 2027. He advised that rather than running , Atiku should throw his weight behind a younger candidate adding that this will unseat the ruling APC.
According to Baba-Ahmed, Atiku needs to back a younger presidential candidate in 2027 and act as a father figure to them.
During his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday evening, he gave the advice.
He said: “If I have the chance to sit with Atiku, I would say to him- Sir, you have done your bit, you have held up the democratic process, you represented it well, your name has been written in gold, it’s time to yield the ground to a younger person; don’t run in 2027, play a fatherly role.
“Find a good and young person. If he were to field a younger person that is more capable with less skeletons in their cupboard, somebody with less liabilities, in age, health, and everything; they will take APC to the cleaners.”
He maintained that the party is expanding with the wrong people are joining them.
According to him, the majority of those defecting to the APC are either seeking jobs or escaping the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
“APC is growing with the wrong people, all these defections is aimed at one thing, they are looking for positions or running away from EFCC.
“The people running into the APC from all over the place are actually a liability, it’s simple a refugee camp that will burst,” he added.
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