Former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, told President Bola Tinubu that he is afraid of the coalition platform, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), and said that is the reason for his constant attack on the party.
Atiku in a statement by his media aide, Paul Ibe, assured the president that the coalition “will send him packing, either back to Bourdillon or Iragbiji.”
He accused Tinubu and his political camp of sponsoring crises within the opposition parties.
“It beats our imagination as to why the presidency is resorting to wasting scarce public funds to stir up internal conflicts in a bid to weaken alternative political voices,” he said.
The former vice president blamed “the supposed tensions” between supporters of Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi within the coalition on the presidency, but told them that their divisive game has failed, as “the cracks have been sealed, and the coalition stands stronger than ever.”
He told Tinubu that he is leading an All Progressives Congress (APC) government that is “directionless, incompetent, and completely disconnected from the suffering of ordinary Nigerians.
“While Nigerians grapple with worsening insecurity, hunger, and poverty, Tinubu is busy playing petty politics.
“He has abandoned governance and is fixated on a 2027 re-election campaign despite having nothing to show for his 2023 mandate.”
Atiku said rather than wipe out the bandits ravaging Benue, Plateau, Zamfara, Niger, and other states, Tinubu is more interested in wiping out opposition voices.
“His goal is clear: to force Nigeria into a one-party state,” he stated.
He also accused the president of using state institutions, especially anti-corruption agencies, as tools to harass and blackmail opposition leaders into joining the APC.
The former vice president advised President Tinubu to settle his rift between him and Vice President Kashim Shettima, and the nation’s shattered Nigerian economy, and stop his attack on ADC, describing it “a distraction by a man clearly overwhelmed by the mess in his own house.”