Nyako and PDP Demystify Atiku
April 28, 2008 by 
Che Oyimnatumba
By Ashimole Felix/Abuja.
The result of the re-run gubernatorial election in Adamawa, gave Governor Murtala Nyako of the PDP a resounding victory, with PDP polling 361,739 votes to win in all the 21 Local Government Areas of the state, while the AC candidate Alhaji Ibrahim Bapetel won 201,843 votes.
Nyako’s election during the April 2007 guber election was nullified by the Court of Appeal due to INEC’s non-inclusion of the gubernatorial candidate of the AC.
Before the re-run on Saturday April 26th 2008, the Turaki of Adamawa, Abubakar Atiku had vowed to deal with the PDP and reassert who is in control of the political machinery in the state. Atiku parted ways with the PDp during the questionable attempt at constitutional amendment by the Obasanjo/Atiku regime in 2006. Since then, Atiku has been trying to foist himself as the face of the opposition and his party as the opposition party in Nigeria.
This landslide victory by the PDP in Atiku’s state-PDP also won in Atiku’s local government, has put a question mark on Atiku’s relevance in Adamawa political horse trading.
Voices from Yola have it that Atiku’s hold was weakened by the combined efforts of Senator Jubril Aminu and Ambassador Buba Maruwa, who closed ranks and buried their differences to work together to undermine Atiku.
Meanwhile, Atiku’s appeal to Supreme Court to challenge President Yar’Adua’s victory comes up on Tuesday 29th April for mention.
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