The Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation has dismissed as untrue, claims that the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, is in talks with his Labour Party (LP) opponent, Mr. Peter Obi.
Atiku, in a recent interview with the BBC, boasted that he does not see Obi and the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, as posing any threat.
He claimed that he has been in talks with both candidates to get their support ahead of the February 25 presidential election.
“Although I see no threat in any of them, we are in talks, and the discussion might yield a positive result that will see one of them coming,” Atiku was quoted as claiming.
However, spokesperson of the Obi-Datti campaign organisation, Yunusa Tanko, debunked the claim, saying the campaign team is not aware of any alliance talks.
He added that someone was just trying to cash out on the Obi-Datti ticket.
Tanko said: “As of yesterday (Tuesday), before we left Numan (Adamawa State), there was nothing of such nature. We are busy with campaigns; we are not aware of anything like alliance. I think someone is just trying to cash out on the Obi-Datti ticket. We are right now campaigning in Sokoto, and we will be in Zamfara.”
Obi was Atiku’s running mate in the 2019 general election. The two politicians ran on the platform of the PDP. But in May 2022, Obi dumped the party and defected to the Labour Party, where he got the presidential ticket to contest against Atiku and Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
