Bwala to Atiku: It may not have been God’s will for you to govern Nigeria

Bwala to Atiku: It may not have been God’s will for you to govern Nigeria

 Daniel Bwala, special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on
policy communication, says former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar should accept
that presidency may not be his destiny.

 

Bwala spoke on Monday during an interview on TVC, where he
addressed issues surrounding political succession and the future of opposition
politics in the country.

 

He asked Abubakar to embrace reality and collaborate with
President Tinubu in building the country.

 

“If I have the opportunity to meet him face to face, what I
will tell him is just this: ‘Your Excellency, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, you have
to believe in destiny,’” Bwala said.

 

“God gives power to whomsoever He chooses. And it seems from
the facts on the ground that it may not have been the will of God for you to
govern Nigeria.”

 

He advised the former presidential candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) to align himself with Tinubu’s administration to leave a
lasting legacy, “even if it is realised through another person”.

 

“There are many other ways you can contribute. Since you
have been a friend to President Bola Tinubu for many years, come together and
bring your contribution towards the Nigeria that both of you wanted to create
for the Nigerian people,” he said.

 

 

“Your legacy will be that in your political dying days, you
will be able to achieve some of your dreams, albeit through your friend.

 

“But if he insists that he wants to run and he wants to
become the president, as we have already seen it playing out, his political
ending might not be as palatable as he’s thinking.

 

“Right now, from his political family, he has lost
substantial people, probably 60 to 70 percent.”

 

Bwala added that younger politicians who once followed
Abubakar are now determined to seek power in their own right and have shown no
signs of retreating.

 

 

The presidential aide’s remarks come amid a gale of
defections from opposition parties to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

 

There are speculations that some governors of the opposition
parties may soon join the APC.

 

In March, Abubakar said he was unsure about contesting the
2027 presidency, adding that there must be a viable platform.

Source: Bwala to Atiku: It may not have been God’s will for you to govern Nigeria

 - NigerianEye

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