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2019: FG moves to cripple Atiku

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The Federal Government’s decision to break the hold of Intels over logistics handling in Nigeria’s oil and gas port terminals may be another move by power brokers to break the financial muscle of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, in the run up to the 2019 presidential election, high-level sources in the All Progressives Congress, APC have disclosed.

Even before news of the ailment of President Muhammadu Buhari emerged, Atiku was believed to have commenced mobilization to run for the 2019 presidential election using either the platform of the APC and where not, using the platform of another political party.

The decision to curtail him was, however, believed to have commenced before the news of the sickness of President Buhari.

Central to the alleged plot even if unwittingly, is the Managing Director of a leading federal government agency, who is a long-time associate of a northern governor, who is widely identified as a possible rival of Atiku in the 2019 showdown.

Atiku’s associates, however, are unrelenting as one of them told Saturday Vanguard that they knew where the ‘thing’ was coming from, saying that they have enough information to hit back even at those instigating the move.

The presidency had, through a letter dated May 5, 2017, issued to the Managing Director of Josepdam Port Services Limited (JPSL) broken the seeming dominance of Intels over logistics handling at Onne.

Though Atiku’s office refused to be dragged into the issue seeing it as just a business affair for Intels, associates, however, saw it as simply a political move by some power brokers to break Atiku’s backbone.

Vanguard, May 20, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

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  1. yanju omotodun

    May 20, 2017 at 1:11 pm

    Atiku can’t be crippled in any capacity, it’s just that he has not been destined to rule this nation as the president .

    • Animashaun Ayodeji

      May 20, 2017 at 1:59 pm

      WITh all Atiku’s wealth, I don’t see any reason for him to still be after the post of the president, what else is he looking for? He’s blessed with almost everything and be should be contented with what he has

      • Balarabe musa

        May 20, 2017 at 2:05 pm

        Everyone wants to be in the corridor of power, power that be. Atiku is just been greedy and gluttonous.

        • seyi jelili

          May 20, 2017 at 3:32 pm

          Is buhari not greedy and gluttonous too? Hasn’t he ruled the country before?

    • seyi jelili

      May 20, 2017 at 3:32 pm

      The thing is that he can pull crowd from the north but not as much as buhari. If buhari fails to recontest , he can have luck smiles on him

  2. Agbor Chris

    May 20, 2017 at 1:41 pm

    Atiku’s dream of ruling Nigeria again will never come through, he should give up on trying.

    • Anita Kingsley

      May 20, 2017 at 1:50 pm

      SeriOusly, I don’t think anyone needs to tell him this. He should know by now that he’s supposed to give the younger generations chance to rule the country. All these old men can’t ke wp ruling us, they have nothing good to offer

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