A group identified as the Coalition of Minority Tribes in Nigeria has called on Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to apologise to Nigerians and return to Cameroon or seek naturalisation.
Atiku sobbing at his Campaign Headquarters The group made the demand following the claim of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that Atiku is a nationality of Cameroon and not a Nigerian. The group said what Atiku has done by concealing his identity is tantamount to crimes against humanity and that he must tender an unreserved apology to Nigerians.
Addressing a news conference on Monday, Abdulmuminu Hassan, secretary-general of the group said Ibrahim Babangida, former head of state, refused to appoint Atiku as the comptroller-general of the Nigerian Customs Service because he realised the true nationality of Atiku. The PDP candidate is a retired customs officer.
Hassan gave Atiku a 21-day ultimatum to return to Cameroon to reunite with his family members. Full text of his speech below:
This
same scenario could also be the reason why former President Olusegun
Obasanjo refused to allow him to succeed him as President of Nigeria in
2007.
This much was stated by former president Olusegun Obasanjo
in his autobiography “My Watch” where he stated in unequivocal terms
that the paternity of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was “shadowy.”
We
are therefore constrained to state that it is such a shame that the
Nigerian authorities have allowed such a sham fester for decades without
detecting, and thereby causing Nigeria and Nigerians the opportunity to
develop her country the way Nigerians would do.
The Conference
of Minority Tribes in Nigeria is indeed alarmed that the paternity of
Alhaji Atiku was unlet undetected and he aspired and held the number two
position of Vice President in Nigeria. His consequent actions while he
was Vice President of Nigeria tells of a man who was hell-bent on
destroying the country.
Consequently, the Conference of Minority
Tribes in Nigeria wishes to use this medium to issue a 21-day ultimatum
to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar return to Cameroon to reunite with his family
members. This is important to save Nigerians the trauma of having to
deal with his nationality.
The Conference of Minority also
wishes to advise Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to in an alternative solution
seek naturalization as a Nigerian by applying to the Federal Ministry of
Interior in Nigeria. This way Nigerians would forgive him for his sins
and show him understanding since he has lived the better part of his
life in Nigeria. Though at a great disservice to Nigeria.
The
Conference of Minority Tribes in Nigeria shall not hesitate to mobilize
its members across the nook and crannies in Nigeria to a street protest
should Alhaji Atiku Abubakar fail to tender unreserved apologies to
Nigerians, and also return to Cameroon or seek naturalisation in
Nigeria.
