•Tells Bode George to purge self of Atiku’s hatred
By Musa Baba Adamu
A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, (ADC), Dele Momodu, has dismissed claims of being opposed to former presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Momodu stated that he had consistently supported the former Anambra State governor.
He was reacting to an X user @Blazeregent who charged him to purge himself of anti-Obi sentiments.
The X user was reacting to a post in which Momodu asked a PDP chieftain, Bode George, to purge himself of anti-Atiku sentiments.
The user wrote: “Purge yourself anti-OBI first. You have no moral right to criticize matters like this. If you have the right to be perpetual anti-OBI, so is anyone else to be perpetual anti-ATIKU. Daddy wa, please go and rest.”
Reacting, Momodu said he first backed Obi when former Vice President Atiku Abubakar selected him as his running mate.
He also dismissed suggestions of any rift between Obi and Atiku, noting that both politicians have always treated each other with mutual respect, both privately and publicly.
Momodu wrote: “I can never be anti-Obi. The first time I supported Obi when Atiku picked him as running mate.
“I’m not aware they are enemies. They always treat each other with mutual respect in private and public.”
Similarly, the opposition chieftain called on a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Bode George to stop harbouring what he described as anti-Atiku sentiments.
He said Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President, had a legitimate right to pursue his presidential ambition.
He was reacting to a video interview in which George criticised Atiku for allegedly placing his personal ambition above party interests.
Peoples Daily reports that George, in the interview, openly faulted Atiku’s continued presidential bid.
He said: “There’s someone who has been bragging so much, and whom I pity so much.
“Despite elder statesmen’s efforts to make peace reign, this person insists that it’s his ambition. He keeps insisting he would run, but is his ambition greater than that of Nigeria?”
Reacting however, Momodu wrote, “Baba mi sir, you know I love and respect you a lot, kindly purge yourself of anti-Atiku sentiments.
“It is his right to contest, sir, while it is your right not to support him. Atiku has never bragged to anyone about his political dreams. Never.”
