The Director of Voter Intelligence, Strategy and Policy Analyst of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Osita Chidoka, says the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, will not apologise for the comments made during a recent interactive session in Kaduna.
Mr Chidoka stated this on Tuesday during an interview on “Politics Today,” a programme on Channels Television.
Atiku, a former Nigeria’s vice president, recently came under criticism for saying that the North does not need a Yoruba or Igbo president.
He made the statement on Sunday during an interactive session with members of the Arewa Joint Committee.
“What the average northerner needs is somebody who’s from the North and also understands that part of the country and has been able to build bridges across the country,
“This is what the northerner needs. It doesn’t need a Yoruba or Igbo candidate. I stand before you as a pan-Nigerian of northern origin,” Mr Atiku said.
Reacting to the comment, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State demanded that the former vice president apologise for the comment
But Mr Chidoka, a former aviation minister, said Atiku does not need to apologise because the comment does not warrant an apology.
“I think we need to move beyond these political gimmicks and political gimmickry that goes on when people say one thing, we turn it the other way round and we use it for political ends.
