The former Vice President made the call against the backdrop of what he describes as the interplay of forces and interests in the APC.
He admits that political interests are dynamic, but warned that they should not be promoted to the point of being a threat to democracy and the new administration.
In a press statement released by his media office in Abuja on Sunday and signed by Mazi Paul Ibe, Atiku acknowledged that it is legitimate for individuals or groups to seek to pursue their interest but advised that it must be done with equity, fair play and justice in mind.
He noted that because of the historic nature of the mandate of President Muhammadu Buhari and the task ahead, it is important, especially for members of his party, to rally behind him in the quest to enthrone good governance, that will spur security and stability as well as economic and social development.
The former Vice President urged APC members to emulate the unity of all the presidential contestants after the party's Lagos primaries and support the President to form his government and get to work.
The former Vice President has meanwhile exonerated himself from the purported hijack of the party and the National Assembly ahead of 2019.
He described such claims as a figment of the imagination of those promoting it and asked Nigerians to ignore all such insinuation.
He argued that the recent outcome of the National Assembly election are products of interplay of politics which according to him is itself in constant motion.
Atiku Abubakar noted that it is a mistake to expect fixed outcomes in politics and pointed out that as the President has done, it is time to come to terms with what has happened and move on.
Suffice it to say that the new administration should be allowed a smooth take off and be allowed the atmosphere to deliver. On this, I stand with President Buhari," Atiku said.
The Turaki Adamawa while restating his unalloyed commitment to the Buhari administration pledged to back this commitment with all of the assets at his disposal.
"Not only did Atiku Abubakar congratulate Buhari after his emergence as the presidential candidate of the APC at the party’s national convention in Lagos, he also handed over his best assets to the Buhari Presidential Campaign. The former Vice President enthusiastically handled the diplomatic assignment of seeking endorsement for Dr. Adesina as the President of the African Development Bank on behalf of President Buhari and would be available for any other assignments as the President pleases.
"Make no mistake about it Atiku Abubakar holds Buhari in the highest esteem, and would always remain loyal to him, and support him in every endeavour to succeed as president."
The APC chieftain also called on Nigerians with members of the President's own party taking a lead in their undiluted support of his administration.
"We, the members of the President's own family need to lead in this direction for others to follow for the good of our nation and its peoples."
Atiku Abubakar denounced the increasing determination of some people to draw a wedge between President Buhari and himself.
"It has become crystal clear even to the blind that the motives of these hatchet men who are desperate to take every available newspaper space is to insult, vilify and calumniate the former Vice President.
"We cannot allow liars, denigrators and blackmailers and their sponsors to use Atiku as platform to ingratiate themselves with President Buhari and hijack his presidency under the pretext of loving him more than anyone else. These political ventriloquists are hiding behind the cover of anonymity to achieve their sinister agenda of making Atiku the fall guy in the unfolding political developments."
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