PDP House Member Denies Supporting Buhari, Endorses Atiku for President

A prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives, Hon. Timothy Simon Golu, on Wednesday denied speculations making the round that he is now supporting President Muhammadu Buhari.

There had been heightened speculation when the lawmaker was sighted on some social media platforms with the four-by-four fingers branding of President Buhari, which signifies second term for the president. But in a swift clarification, Golu told journalists that his allegiance remains with the presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

Though Golu, the House of Representatives member representing Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam federal constituency of Plateau State, had posed in a picture with his colleague, Hon. Ibrahim Sadik Ibrahim (Adamawa, APC), raising his two hands to display the Buhari re-election sign, he maintained that he has not defected to the APC and that he is not planning to do so either.

According to Golu, “How can I defect to the APC when I am the PDP candidate for my constituency in the February 16 elections? I am not in any way campaigning for Buhari. Not at all! This is not a Buhari symbol. It is a personal symbol of anyone who is seeking additional four years mandate.

“My candidate is Atiku Abubakar. I am seeking another four years, and this sign has nothing to do with Buhari who is also campaigning for anothe four years.”

He explained that “we took that picture after MC Tagwaye, who mimics President Buhari, had finished his presentation at the workshop organised by FIRS for lawmakers in Lagos, and our colleagues in All Progressives Congress (APC) were shouting four more years for Buhari.

“In fact, our old colleagues were shouting eight years, while we in PDP were saying four plus four. So, this sign is not an APC symbol. I was only demonstrating my own desire to return to the House. I want additional four years. So, I am not campaigning for Buhari. I can never campaign for him.

“Atiku is the man Nigeria needs now and everybody knows that Buhari is on his way to Daura. I can assure you Nigerians will reject Buhari’s second term and vote for Atiku, the man who has what it takes to make Nigeria work again.”