Politics is neither dirty nor is it a game; not only is it a science, it is very clean. However, now and then, especially in Nigeria, dirty people take part in politics only to stain it with their dirt. The reason why Atiku Abubakar picked Ifeanyichukwu Okowa, the current Governor of Delta State, as his running mate is because Okowa led his Delta State's delegates to the May 29, 2022, PDP presidential primary to vote for Atiku Abubakar. Worth remembering now is that Ifeanyichukwu Okowa, as Governor of Delta State, hosted the meeting of the *17 Southern Governor's Forum* held in Asaba on Tuesday, 11 May 2021. The Forum which included governors from the APC, PDP and APGA controlled states, resolved in unison that after eight years of a Northerner's (Buhari's) presidency, it would be the turn of the South to produce the next President in 2023. The PDP, in particular, has eight years rotational presidency, between the North and South, stipulated in its party constitution, but political harlotry of Atiku Abubakar will not allow the provision of the constitution of the PDP to prevail. The obvious dirty politics played here now is that Atiku's choice of Ifeanyichukwu Arthur Okowa as his running mate is a reward from Atiku to Okowa for his treacherous behaviour against the resolution of the meeting of 17 Southern Governors of 11 May 2021, held in Asaba and hosted by Okowa himself. Democracy in Nigeria is, and has always been, an exercise in trickery, deception and outright dishonesty. It has always been cases of dirty people playing dirty politics.
S. Kadiri
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Premium Times Nigeria 2023: Why I picked Okowa as my running mate – Atiku
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Mr Abubabakr said his running mate must also "appreciate the critical importance of education in the development of modern societies so we can prepare our young people to be able to compete in the increasingly competitive and globalized world.
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