Nze Amb. Ugo-Akpe Onwuka JP (Oyi)
There is something quietly instructive about the man, Atiku Abubakar. It is the strong intent of a man who understands that rescue is not a sprint. It is a long, bruising ride, over broken ground, with no guarantee of applause at every turn.
Nigeria today is not in need of a performer. It is in need of a rider who knows the terrain. Atiku has been on this road long enough to recognize its traps. He has seen power from the inside and opposition from the outside. He has lost elections, survived betrayals, endured ridicule, and outlived many of the loud voices who once declared him finished.
That alone should tell us something. This is not a man animated by ego. This is a man driven by an unfinished argument with history.The African Democratic Congress, ADC, offers him something rare in Nigerian politics, space without suffocation. A platform not owned by dynasties, not trapped by shrinking caucuses, not addicted to recycled failures dressed as inevitability.
On this platform, Atiku is not pretending to be young. He is presenting experience as utility, not as entitlement. His critics want him pressured into retreat. They whisper, shout, and scheme. They call it realism, but it is really impatience disguised as wisdom. They want him to quit so that ambition can feel lighter for others. But nations are not rescued by the convenience of rivals. They are rescued by resolve.
Atiku’s refusal to quit is not stubbornness. It is consistency. A man who truly believes Nigeria can be better does not abandon the fight because the noise becomes unpleasant. He stays. He absorbs the insults. He recalibrates. He keeps riding.
And here is the human truth many ignore. Atiku is not campaigning against Nigeria. He is campaigning for it. He talks about jobs because he has employed people. He talks about unity because he has lived across regions. He talks about restructuring because he has seen what overcentralization has destroyed. These are not borrowed ideas. They are lived positions.
Nigeria has had enough of chaos. What it needs now is strength guided by memory, patience, and clarity of purpose. Those waiting for Atiku to be pressured into quitting may wait a long time. He is not riding to impress them. He is riding because he believes the journey is still necessary. And sometimes, the man who rescues a nation is not the one who shouts the loudest, but the one who stays on the saddle when others are looking for excuses to dismount.
Atiku Must Run!
Nze Amb. Ugo-Akpe Onwuka JP (Oyi)
