Former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said the unsealing of the office of Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduagha by the management of the National Assembly, has proven, that together, Nigeria can triumph over tyranny.
Atiku in a statement, said though the precious time denied the people of Kogi Central in the Senate could never be reclaimed, the struggle had not been in vain.
According to him, the suspension of Governor Simi Fubara and lawmakers of the Rivers State House of Assembly, the unlawful suspension of Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, and the weaponisation of state institutions to harass and intimidate opposition voices are not isolated acts.
“They are deliberate markers of the Tinubu administration’s strategy as 2027 approaches: to subvert our hard-earned democracy and compromise the will of the people at any cost,” he said.
Atiku assured that the opposition would do everything legitimate and within the bounds of the law to protect the nation’s democracy, “defend the sovereignty of the people’s mandate, and rescue our nation from the grip of authoritarianism.”
