Abubakar Atiku is an ‘Unclean Vessel’ – Olusegun Obasanjo

There were reports earlier that the APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, visited former president Olusegun Obasanjo at his Abeokuta residence, and the outcome of the meeting has been held secret, but new reports claim that, there are strong indications Obasanjo may have warned the APCs not to field former Vice-President Abubakar Atiku as its flagbearer in the 2015 elections.

Obasanjo, during the visit was said to have warned the opposition party against fielding an “unclean vessel” as its presidential candidate in 2015, Punch reports.
According to a reliable source, Tinubu’s aim of going to Obasanjo was meant to remind him of the need to support the APC to realise its ambition of winning next year’s presidential election.

“Chief Obasanjo appreciated Tinubu’s visit to his home, but specifically warned the APC to shut its door against “unclean vessel.”
“Chief Obasanjo reiterated his refusal to join the APC when Tinubu visited him in his Abeokuta residence, but warned the party to beware of Atiku.
“The former President appreciated the move by the APC to find out what he knew about two of the APC aspirants seeking the party’s presidential ticket. He was happy that the party consulted him over whom to pick as its presidential candidate. The former President gave detailed information on the APC presidential aspirants to Tinubu.”

Atiku’s media aide, Garba Shehu, however said he was not aware of such comments by Obasanjo against the former vice-president;

“You can quote me; we are not in any way aware of such comment. What I can say is that the former vice-president has written a letter to his former boss, respectfully informing him of his wish to bid for the APC ticket.”

And there are also talks that the former president would support APC in its bid to win next year’s presidential election – And that Obasanjo did not need to defect to the opposition party before he could support it to win the poll.