‘Let PDP Breathe’ – Lere Olayinka Tells Atiku After Supreme Court Judgement

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Lere Olayinka has told the party’s presidential candidate in the last general elections, Atiku Abubakar, to perish the idea of contesting the 2027 presidential election.

He said, “as it is now, Atiku needs to let PDP breathe.”

Olayinka, who was the PDP House of Representatives candidate for Ekiti Central Constituency two in the last elections, said, “Atiku’s selfishness and arrogance put PDP where it is today.

Going forward, he should excuse himself and let new people be the face of the party.”

Reacting to the Supreme Court judgment, dismissing Atiku’s petition against the election of President Bola Tinubu, Olayinka said it was funny that some people were so emotional that they believed that not having 25 percent votes in the Federal Capital Territory was enough to nullify the election of someone who won in more than 20 States.

He said, “Rather than bringing everyone together to confront the election, they were more interested in dealing with those who told them the truth, suspending and expelling National Assembly candidates of the party and spending millions of Naira on lawyers to defend the suspension.

“They even had names of those they will show pepper when their President-in-waiting assumes office. Now, eyes don clear.”