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Age Won’t Stop Atiku from Contesting 2027 Presidential Election- Campaign Director Replies Makinde 

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"LsDW3iHK" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"MZdWL5Vj" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>A two-time Director of Youth Mobilisation in the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign in 2019 and 2023&comma; Hon&period; Dimeji Fabiyi&comma; has said that age cannot stop the former vice president from contesting the 2027 presidential election&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fabiyi was reacting to the remarks by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on the criteria for presidential candidates&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Governor Makinde had insinuated that age was a limiting factor for presidential hopefuls in the party&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"OFpEkqm8" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Though Atiku’s name was not mentioned by Makinde&comma; Atiku&comma; who is still nursing presidential ambition in the next general election&comma; will be 81 years old by 2027&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Fabiyi in his response to Makinde&comma; admonished the Oyo State governor &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;to devote more time to reading good books and familiarise himself more with intellectuals&comma; instead of keeping the company of alcoholics&comma; so that when next he speaks&comma; he won’t be mistaken for someone who prides himself for drinking 40 years old whiskey&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>FCT minister Nyesom Wike&comma; who is a close ally of Makinde&comma; had last year said he was drinking 40-year-old whiskey at the time Atiku lost the 2027 election&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fabiyi also noted that &OpenCurlyQuote;’Atiku is of sound mind and body&comma; with the intellectual firmament that measures far ahead of Makinde&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fabiyi noted that while Atiku may be older than Makinde&comma; he has the experience and a cosmopolitan ability to solve problems&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As a matter of fact&comma; I challenge Seyi Makinde to an intellectual contest with Atiku&comma; and we shall see how his arrogance and presumed youthfulness will be humbled&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have known Atiku for almost three decades&comma; and I can tell you for free that he’s an avid reader&period; When Seyi Makinde is in town&comma; he should seek out how resourceful and flourishing Atiku’s library is&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Atiku is not a connoisseur of expensive wines and doesn’t keep the company of cringe drinkers&period; Rather&comma; he’s a lover of books who reads widely&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Unless Makinde believes that leadership is determined by aerodynamic strength&comma; he should have been more guided before making a comment that makes him look like a clown&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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