Atiku Obi and supporters are a million miles away from current political reality - Alawuje

The National Coordinator of a prominent pro-Tinubu group, the Disciples of Justice (aka Disciples of Jagaban) Comrade Abdulhakeem Adegoke Alawuje has berated the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and that of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, saying they are a million miles away from the political sagacity, as well as the capacities and capabilities of President Bola Tinubu.

In a statement released on Friday, Alawuje said while Nigeria truly needs a strong opposition to effectively put the ruling party on its toes, it's unfortunate that the two major parties cannot stand as or provide a credible opposition to either the ruling party or the President.

According to Alawuje: "It's time the Nigerian youths and the masses determine what they want and doggedly pursue what they need, 

"We need President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, including those who did not vote him.

"We should all realise that it is normal to witness a very rough beginning to have a good end. 

"A popular saying goes thus: Problem well defined is half solved, unfortunately, the two major contestants lack everything needed to either understand, define or relate with the present political realities. Alas, they do not know and they don't want to learn.

"If they had critically assessed themselves before the general election, they would have long withdrawn from the race and restrategised against the future. Contrarily, both of them took different dangerous ways to win the election in a brazen Machiarvelian version.  One of them rode on the horse of  Christian votes and the other hid under the mantra of "North needs more time to rule".

"But Nigerians this time are more circumspect. The citizens scrutinized their deliverables and realized none of them had ever added any value to what they had done in the past. 

The discerning youths in the religion and the ethnic circles were  left with no other choice than to vote against them in the election.

"Obi has never been known as a serious Christian just as Atiku had no legacy project for the benefit of the North which he could boast of in order to win the heart of the North and consequently coast home to victory with majority vote. 

"It was only Tinubu whose credentials and legacies were able to convince Nigerians. He had supported the Northern candidates several times. He provided platforms for Atiku and Nuhu Ribadu to vie for presidency and wholeheartedly gave former President Muhammadu Buhari the structure and support to attain the highest position in the land. They are all from the North. Tinubu was able to prove to Nigerians that his wife and some of the children have been practising Christianity without squabbles. More so, what Tinubu was able to put together as a Lagos State Governor between 1999 and 2007 left no one in doubt, even his enemies, of his ability to set the country on the path of progress and prosperity. 

DOJ is thus calling on other politicians to take a que from Asiwaju and  start making and banking records for future purposes. Nigerians have suffered enough for anyone to believe he can manipulate us with either religion or ethnicity.

"DOJ has selflessly worked day and night for the realisation of  Nigeria of our dream from 2019 to date without seeking or getting any support from Tinubu or any politician from the beginning of the campaign to the end. We actually launched our campaign from Kano Tourism Camp in 2019, at a time when no political group in the country has commenced electioneering campaign. Before the Middle of 2020, we have  accommodated hundreds of groups that agreed to work with us. Now we thank Almighty God for having more than five hundred groups working for the same political hero of our generation.

"Asiwaju is an Almighty God's project He is a divine project. Tinubu is neither a religious candidate nor a product of an ethnic manipulation. He was the only major candidate/contestant that stood for election in 2023.

We therefore thank God that our dream has indeed come to pass. It is our belief that Atiku and Obi supporters have learned their lessons, albeit, the hard way, - that Nigeria has gone beyond using sentiments to manipulate voters for whatever we want for ourselves".