“If They Say Atiku Will Not Be On The Ballot, Wallahi, They Are Calling For A Revolution” — Naja’atu Muhammad Warns

African Democratic Congress, ADC, chieftain Naja’atu Muhammad has warned that excluding former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar from the ballot would amount to calling for a revolution.

In a fiery interview with DCL English, Naja’atu said Nigerians have been pushed to the wall and will fight back if Atiku is barred.

“Look, if they do that they are calling for a revolution, write it down. If they do what? If they say Atiku will not be in the ballot, wallahi, they are calling for [a revolution],” she said.

“Look, let me tell you, there come a time in the life of humans when you push them to the wall, they fight back.”

“Nigerians have been pushed to the wall. They removed the subsidy and subsidized everything to themselves.”

“There is total breakdown of law and order. Even military generals have not been saved.”

Atiku Will Continue To Campaign And Mobilize

Asked if Atiku will continue to campaign and mobilize despite the court ruling that nullified his candidacy, Naja’atu said:

“No, no, no, no. This is one out of… this is only the beginning. I have no iota of doubt that we will retrieve our country.”

Why The Court Got It Wrong

Asked why she believes the court got it wrong in nullifying Atiku Abubakar’s nomination, Naja’atu pointed to prior judgments.

“The court got it wrong because there was a judgment that cleared David Mark and accepted the leadership of David Mark and accepted the result of the Congresses that was conducted under David Mark. That is one.”

“And number two, which is also very important was that there was a court, a Supreme Court judgment over and above everything else that endorsed the David Mark committee leadership and also ruled that anything that concerns intraparty squabbles should not be referred to the courts.”

She said some people at the bench referred to Justice Peter Lifu as judicial rascality.

“In fact there were some people at the bench that referred to Peter, Lucifer or whatever he is called. They referred to him as a judicial rascality. It’s in record.”

“So and this is somebody that everyone knows and somebody that is being accused of being in the pocket of Wike.”

Asked if it is because the judgment was not in their favour, she said no.

“No, no, no, it’s not. It’s because he has been consistent. He has been consistent in doing the bidding of Wike. If you look at the judgments concerning the PDP and so many others. And judgments like this have been given in the judgments that are not in tandem with what Justice Peter Lifu delivered.”

“I mean, there are several cases that I would have loved to go through, but for want of time, you know. But the most important thing is the Supreme Court judgment that we are hanging on. And then, our lawyers, of course, have probably most likely appealed, you know, which is the procedure.”

We Won’t Relent

Naja’atu said the whole idea is to divert attention and disorganise them, but they won’t relent.

“But what I want to tell our supporters is that the whole idea is to divert attention to disorganize us. We won’t relent. I want our team supporters to understand that. For so long as our name and the names of Atiku Abubakar and all our candidates in the country as far as INEC, for so long as INEC hasn’t removed the names from the portal as candidates, we don’t have a problem. We will continue to campaign, we will continue to mobilize and our people should be resilient.”

“So you said that you could continue to campaign to mobilize despite the court ruling that nullified his candidate. No, no, no, no, this is only the beginning. And I keep referring to the Supreme Court judgement. Although we are living in very funny times. You understand, it’s a time that people vomit and they swallow their vomit. We have seen a lot of it.”