The campaign council of Senator Bukola Saraki has dismissed a report claiming that he and some other aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have stepped down for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
A report earlier had alleged that Saraki, Governors Aminu Tambuwal, and Bala Mohammed of Sokoto and Bauchi states, respectively, had stepped down for the former vice president.
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However, in a statement released on Wednesday, March 30, Earl Osaro Onaiwu, the director-general of the Saraki Campaign Council, in Abuja dismissed the report as mischief.
He asserted that the report was planted by those who want to gain the PDP presidential ticket by deceit.
The statement read:
“Our attention has been called to report, that our candidate alongside their Excellencies Governors Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto and Bala Mohammed of Bauchi states have stepped down for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for the PDP presidential ticket.
“The report is sheer mischief and planted by those who want to gain the PDP ticket by deceit.”