A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Osita Okechukwu, has said the factional National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Nafiu Bala Gombe, has punctured the “much-touted image” of the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar as a master strategist.
Okechukwu made the remark following revelations that Atiku never reached out to Bala amid the leadership crisis rocking the party.
Speaking with BBC Radio, Bala said that even though there was a political crisis in the party, Atiku never had a meeting with him.
Bala said, “Atiku hasn’t contacted me even though he comes from my area. I went to court with just the constitution.
“I said to everyone that if they had followed the correct steps, the court would have decided in their favour.
“But if we are correct, then we deserve our rights.”
Addressing journalists on Sunday, Okechukwu said Bala had ruined the supposed top strategist reputation of Atiku that was heavily promoted.
He said: “You would think that a politician who is always praised by his supporters as a skilled strategist would have seen it as very important to talk to Gombe privately, especially since they share the same local political background and family history.
“It seems strange that Atiku didn’t take such a simple political step, especially when the ADC crisis kept going on, which makes people wonder about the real skill of the so-called master strategist.”