Former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said that the broad-based alliance with other opposition parties towards 2027, he is championing is giving President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) a sleepless night.
Atiku in a statement by his media office, said this was evident in the disparaging remarks against him by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, at a recent television interview.
The former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the coalition is “aimed at reclaiming Nigeria from economic collapse, institutional failure, and democratic erosion,” inflicted on her by the ruling party.
Atiku boasted that the coalition is unstoppable, and it is meant to galvanise progressive leaders in the country to oust APC government in 2027.
He said it is not a coincidence that Tinubu’s camp is obsession with his political future, adding that If they claim that he is a political spent force, “why the relentless smear campaign? Why the strategic allocation of presidential platforms to attack him?
“The answer is plain: Atiku Abubakar remains the single most formidable opposition figure in Nigeria, and the coalition he is forging represents a clear and present danger to the decaying edifice of the ruling party.”
He added that “No amount of historical revisionism or sanctimony can obscure the fact that Atiku has been a central pillar in Nigeria’s democratic journey since 1999, championing reform, restructuring, and electoral integrity when others chose complicity.”
Atiku reminded Bwala who served as spokesperson for Atiku Abubakar’s 2023 presidential campaign, that his current relevance was owed entirely to the platform he once occupied under his leadership.
The former vice president noted that he “neither seeks nor requires validation from political opportunists who shed principles as easily as they change parties,” and accused Bwala of bitterness and duplicity, which he said, Bwala betrayed in “a desperate effort to curry favour with a floundering administration.”
According to Atiku, legacy is not defined by the trappings of office but by courage, consistency, and conviction, adding, “Atiku Abubakar’s legacy – as a unifier, builder, and patriot – is deeply etched in the consciousness of millions of Nigerians.
“It is impervious to the revisionist bile of yesterday’s defectors turned today’s defenders of dysfunction.”
He stated he remains focused and unshaken in his commitment to Nigeria’s future, and “will not be distracted by political jesters masquerading as patriots.
“The rescue and rebuilding of Nigeria is a task of urgent national importance — far too important to be derailed by the petty ego trips of desperate presidential aides.”
