Anenih is called ‘Mr Fix it’ because he helped put Nigeria in present fix – Timi Frank

Suspended Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Timi Frank, has risen in defense of former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar over claims made by erstwhile chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, urging the latter to stop making disparaging comments at old age and quietly retire from politics.

Anenih had revealed in his book titled,
‘My Life and Nigerian Politics’ that Atiku wanted to become the President in 2003 when former President, Olusegun Obasanjo was contesting for a second term, stressing that he stopped former vice president from succeeding the then president .

But Frank maintained that Anenih did not tell the true story of what transpired on his 2003 account, explaining that over 22 PDP governors were strongly behind Atiku to contest the Presidency but he stepped down for his boss because of his loyalty. He added that the Mr. Fix it, the retiring politician is called was because he helped to place Nigeria and Nigerians in the present fix the country is in.

Speaking in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, Frank challenged Anenih to tell Nigerians “one good thing he will be remembered for or be retired from political stage quietly,” adding that he should be “apologizing to Nigerians for the damage he and others have done to Nigeria and “even to his own political party, PDP, as it is obvious today.

The statement said it was out of place for the ex-minister of Works and Housing to describe Atiku as an ambitious politician, “when he himself was more desperate than Atiku who had opportunity to become President in the past but remained loyal to his boss”.