Second republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has stated that the wealth of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, will never make him President, describing Atiku as a bloody nonentity, scheming to position himself as the leader of the North.
Atiku had stated that northerners who are opposed to the current clamour for the restructuring of the Nigerian federation are lazy, vowing to continue speaking against the current faulty ‘unitary federalism’ structure even at the detriment of his political ambition.
The ex-Vice President, who spoke while delivering a keynote address at a youth forum in Abuja organised by a conglomeration of civil society groups, said, “I don’t know what those who are against restructuring are afraid of. Those afraid must be lazy”.
The Sun reports Mohammed as accusing Atiku of engaging in “hyper media” activities for commercial and business interests as well as to be in power to make more money, adding that he is really not interested in the restructuring of Nigeria.
He warned that the North in particular and Nigeria in general, was not for sale, adding that Atiku cannot be Nigeria’s president by insulting the North, insisting that the ex-VP was part of the reasons the region was being vilified by southerners.
The former lawmaker explained that he came to this conclusion because an average southerner believed that northerners have made so much money through their positions in government and politics in the country.
“Atiku is a scoundrel and a bloody nonentity. He attained political limelight because the late Musa Yar’Adua put him there; today he wants to position himself as the leader of the north. But the north doesn’t give people of no consequence such position. His interest is not really about restructuring.
“He thinks by insulting the north, the same way we are being insulted by the south, that will give him presidency With this kind of attitude, he can’t be the president of Nigeria. He will hear from the north at the appropriate time. He is one of those making the south to abuse the north. He is angry because his monopoly in the oil servicing sector has been broken.
“His wealth will never buy him Nigeria’s presidency. The north is not for sale, Nigeria is not for sale. I pray God sees us beyond 2019, let him challenge me, if he ever becomes Nigeria’s president,” Mohammed said.