'I won’t withdraw my petition against Yar’Adua - Atiku' - Nigerian Tribune

FORMER vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said he has been insisting on pursuing his petition against the victory of President Umaru Yar’Adua in the April presidential poll, to avoid disappointing his late mentor, General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua.

Atiku said his rigid stance on the petition was in line with the political philosophy which he said he inherited from his late political godfather.

He said the former second-in-command during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo would have been utterly disappointed if he had failed to take up the challenge of exposing the ills that allegedly characterised the last April polls in Nigeria.

The Turakin Adamawa made this known in his message to the 10th memorial anniversary of General Yar’Adua made available to the Nigerian Tribune in Abuja on Monday.

The message by Atiku is, however, to disabuse the minds of his supporters on the view they have reportedly been holding about his last meeting with President Yar’Adua. Full Story