By Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has fired back at the ruling All Progressives Congress led government, saying it is the nationality of those who made Nigeria extreme poverty capital that is in doubt, not his.
The former vice president had filed a petition at the Presidential Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja to challenge the outcome of the February 23, 2019 presidential election.
However, the APC in its formal response to Atiku’s petition on Friday told the Tribunal that Atiku was not a Nigerian, adding that he is not eligible to contest the election on grounds of his nationality.
Responding through a statement by his media aide, Mr. Paul Ibe, Saturday, Atiku said the fact that the APC chose to base its defence on the ridiculous assertion that he was not a Nigerian should show to Nigerians the type of…
