Only Supreme Court will end my fight with Tinubu, says Atiku
Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, has stated that he will only quit his case against President Bola Tinubu if the Supreme Court rules in his favour.
Atiku announced this during a news conference in Abuja on Thursday to address the subject of President Bola Tinubu’s academic records, which were disclosed by Chicago State University (CSU).
When asked if he would ever step down the legal battle against President Tinubu, Atiku replied, “The case is still in court. I’ll only drop this fight if the court rules. If the court rules that I’m right, fine, if the court rules that Tinubu is right, fine. There’s no other court higher than the Supreme Court. That is where it all ends.”
Meanwhile, Atiku also disproved allegations that he betrayed Tinubu, who many see as his former political ally.
His words, “I disagree with Tinubu, yes it’s true that we came together in 2007. In Lagos, at the convention, I emerged winner and got the party’s ticket. After I got the ticket, he sent me about five or six senior party men, and they met me and said Bola (Tinubu) wanted to be my running mate.
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“I said, gentlemen, you are all old enough, and asked, what would be your reaction to having a Muslim-Muslim ticket?
“They all answered that they objected to it, I then told them they should have told him and that was the end of the political relationship; he (Tinubu) broke away, and supported Umaru Yar’Adua. So what is the ground for him to say I betrayed him?
“In 2003, the PDP took over all the southwestern states with the exception of Lagos. I stood between Obasanjo and Tinubu and told Obasanjo to leave Lagos, and he left it. I vehemently deny that I stabbed Tinubu in the back.
“Till today, I won’t do a Muslim-Muslim ticket; I don’t have to be president; we are a multi-ethnic and multi-religious people, and our government must reflect our diversity, and our composition must reflect the same.”
Recall Atiku had secured the release of Tinubu’s education records from the CSU through a court subpoena, against the disclosure by the President.
Tinubu’s 1979 CSU certificate, which he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was different from samples of the certificates the University provided to students that same year, according to newly released records and a deposition on Tuesday.
The CSU Registrar stated under oath that he could not certify the certificate Tinubu provided to INEC.