Atiku Abubakar Says He Has No Hatred Against Former President Olusegun Obasanjo

                                            Atiku Abubakar. Credit: Luke Macgregor/Reuters

He said this on Tuesday in Abuja when he met the leaders of the Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF), a group that recently embarked on a mission to heal the rift between Atiku and his former boss.
"Yes, we had disagreements in office. These were mere disagreements. I harbor no hatred or enmity against him [Obasanjo] or anybody. I never had anything against him and I will never have," Atiku said.

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 Atiku Abubakar and Comrade Elliot Afiyo, National Chairman of the Northern Youth Leaders Forum, Abuja, June 3. Credit: This Day
Atiku said in politics he had opponents, but no enemies as "politics is not war".
The ex-VP thanked the NYLF for mediating peace between him and Obasanjo, adding that this effort had marked the leaders of the youth organisation as serious-minded people who are fully prepared to take over the leadership of Nigeria.
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                                             Atiku Abubakar and Olusegun Obasanjo

Prior to the audience with Atiku, NYLF met Obasanjo in Ota, who announced back than that he had forgiven his former VP. Abubakar was Obasanjo’s VP between 1999 and 2007, and was believed to have scuttled the third-term ambition of Obasanjo in 2006.
The NYLF National Chairman Comrade Eliot Afiyo expressed happiness and satisfaction with the joint decision by both Obasanjo and Atiku to accede to their request to bury the hatchet, adding that this is a development that will go a long way in healing the rift in the country.

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