I’ll support APC candidate if I lose – Atiku

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on
Tuesday said he would support whoever
emerged as the presidential candidate of the All

Progressives Congress, if he lost the party’s
ticket.
Atiku said this while addressing the APC Enugu
State national delegates at the Nike Lake Resort
Hotels in Enugu on Tuesday evening.
He also said he would not criticise the other
presidential aspirants.
Atiku, however, stressed that he was a better
candidate than his rivals.
“Whether I win this primary or not, I will support
whoever wins. That is why in all my public
speeches I will not criticise any candidate,” he
said.
He explained that the APC presidential aspirants
had agreed to support one another.
Atiku said, “This is an undertaking we made that
we will support each other and never criticise
one another in public. We have to start the
change at the leadership level.”
Continuing, Atiku urged the APC members to
support their party’s candidates, even when the
particular candidate they prefered failed to
emerge as the flag bearer.
He argued that good governance was better than
selfish gains.
The former vice president said, “Whoever wins
the nomination, don’t work against the party. It
is better for you. Your life will be better, the life
of your family will be better.
“It is better for you to have the government than
to remain in opposition because your candidate
did not win.
“Good governance is better for you than whatever
you can put in your own pocket.”
Abubakar also spoke of the qualities that made
him better than his rivals.
He said, “There is no part of this country that I
cannot call a home – none of the rest can boast
of this quality. Besides, none of them have
acquired the experience I have acquired
politically.
“Even when situations appeared favourable to
me personally, I rejected in the interest of this
country. I have fought many political battles for
democracy, the rule of law and the survival of
our democratic dispensation.
“I have prepared myself over the years to serve, I
have the experience to serve and I want to
serve.”
Abubakar, who spoke of his humble beginnings,
noted that he was fortunate to go to school on
scholarship, while also expressing reservations
that the situation was no longer the same in the
country.
He added, “I am today a self-fulfilled person. I
am not looking for anything. The only passion I
have is that I will never allow this country to be
mis-governed. Today, the PDP is mis-governing
this country to a level I have never seen in my
life.”
Atiku noted that if there was no change in 2015,
“PDP will destroy the country and we will be
looking for another country because it will be too
late.”
He donated N5m to the Enugu State chapter of
the APC and another N1m to the chapter’s
elders.

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