Sen. Bukar Abba Ibrahim has denied reports that he is supporting Atiku Abubakar although the former vice president is from the same North east as he is. Speaking to RUTH CHOJI, he also clarifies recent comments he made about the president. Excerpts.
There were reports that you said the APC will lose the presidency because they have failed Nigerians. How true are these reports?
What I said was that, we have two strong candidates, Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar. I said those of us in the North east should wake up and tighten our belts, else we cannot deliver the North east to the current president. I am an APC member and I will forever remain one. I supported Buhari and will continue to support him but my concern is that, we need to work very hard to ensure that we defeat Atiku because he is from the North east.
That was what I tried to say, but it was misinterpreted to mean something else, which I said, we will lose the North east. No, we are going to win the elections but I want…
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