Former governor of Ogun state, and former director-general of the Atiku Campaign Organisation, Gbenga Daniel, has given the assurance that he will never abandon the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate.
Daniel had resigned his membership of the PDP on Saturday and announced that he was quitting partisan politics, adding that his supporters were urging him to lead them to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Reacting to this Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of aviation, berated Daniel for abandoning the PDP “before the conclusion of Atiku’s election petition”. He also accused Daniel of supporting President Muhammadu Buhari After Abubakar was “rigged out”.
However, Daniel denied the allegations on Tuesday, adding that he only told his followers to “join any political party of their choice”.
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“I have not, will not and will never abandon Atiku. Atiku is different from PDP. I have resigned from PDP and lost interest in partisan politics having put in about 20 years of my life in a thankless process,” Daniel said.
“I will commit my God-given resources to help less privileged through my Foundation and will contribute sharing the body of knowledge through our not for profit Political Academy. That will be a thankful process.
“I will continue to support the political process in a non partisan manner. I am clear with my position, without any ambiguity. There is no need to insinuate, speculate, extrapolate, anticipate or draw conclusions on my behalf.
“I did not expect such a simple personal decision can generate such national discourse and for that I remain grateful to God. I am however most grateful to all my friends and well wishers. The phones have not stopped ringing. All the advice are well taken. My very deep appreciation.”