PDP crisis: Atiku speaks on his role in party’s problems

– PDP crisis has no end in sight

– Fingers are being pointed at various renowned politicians as being those fueling the flame of the challenges the nation’s number one opposition party is facing

Former Nigeria’s vice president Atiku Abubakar says he has no knowledge about the problem the former largest party in Africa, the  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is facing

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One-time number two man in Nigeria spoke on what he knows about the current PDP crisis.

Former vice president Atiku Abubakar

On Sunday, August 21, the Adamawa-born All Progressives Congress (APC) political stalwart dismissed the allegations going round in the newspapers that he has a hand him in the ongoing leadership tussle in the former ruling party.

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Atiku spoke against the backdrop of a report in a national daily with the twitter handle @independentNGR that he has knowledge about the lingering PDP crisis.

The ex-vice president frowned at the news item linking him with the PDP imbroglio, by responding with a short tweet post via his official Twitter handle @AtikuOrg.

The tweet is seen below:

Dear @IndependentNGR, Former VP @atiku has no hand in PDP crisis.

— Atiku Media Office (@AtikuOrg) August 21, 2016

There are speculations going round the corner that PDP governors and other influential chieftains in the party have identified Atiku as a viable candidate to wrestle power back from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019.

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