The camp of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Tinubu of embodying political desperation, criticising the All Progressives Congress for allegedly undermining Nigeria’s self-rule.
Atiku’s media helper, Paul Ibe, made the declare in a commentary on Wednesday, announcing, “If there may be any political determine in Nigeria who actually embodies the essence of desperation, it’s none alternative than President Tinubu himself.
“Through his unchecked actions, he continues to blur the line between state power and personal ambition, magnifying his control over both the nation and its institutions.”
The commentary adopted Atiku’s remarks at a countrywide convention organised through civil family teams, the place he alleged that the APC-led executive was once bribing opposition leaders with N50 million to weaken their events.
In reaction on Tuesday, APC Nationwide Exposure Secretary Felix Morka accused Atiku of being accountable for the disintegration of the Peoples Democratic Birthday celebration, describing it on account of his personal desperation for energy.
In his original commentary, Ibe mentioned Tinubu’s management was once blurring the strains between circumstance energy and private ambition, accusing the president of filling the Isolated Nationwide Electoral Fee with loyalists and awarding executive guarantees to corporations connected to his community.
Ibe mentioned, “Atiku’s prophetic blackmails have already begun to manifest. He was once a number of the first to name consideration to President Tinubu’s plans to populate INEC with participants of his personal political birthday celebration, the APC. These days, the folk bears eyewitness to this very scheme unfolding ahead of our visible.
“Atiku also raised alarm over the president’s blatant conflict of interest, particularly with regard to the awarding of lucrative contracts to companies with direct ties to his family. He cautioned the nation against the authoritarian tendencies of the Tinubu administration, warning that it sought to suppress fundamental human rights by charging protesters with treason — a tactic eerily reminiscent of repressive regimes of the past.”
Ibe added, “Those blackmails, although pushed aside through some on the moment, have proved prescient as each and every one materialises right into a sunlit trend of authoritarian behaviour through the wave management.
“Now, the opposition parties find themselves fighting for survival, infiltrated by fifth columnists who have been planted within their ranks, ensuring that no party—whether APC or opposition—remains capable of functioning independently of the president’s whims.”
“Therefore, it is with a heavy heart and a sharp admonition that we urge the ruling party to stand before the mirror and gaze upon the true face of desperation — a face that mirrors their own actions and ambitions.”
The commentary persisted, “If there may be any political determine in Nigeria who actually embodies the essence of desperation, it’s none alternative than President Tinubu himself. Via his unchecked movements, he continues to blur the form between circumstance energy and private ambition, magnifying his keep watch over over each the folk and its establishments.
“Those movements, which Atiku rightfully warns towards, are a right away ultimatum to the era of Nigeria’s self-rule.
“It is an irony most bitter that a man who once rose to prominence on the back of civil activism and the call for democratic renewal has now found himself in opposition to the very ideals that birthed his political career. This shift from proponent to adversary of multi-party democracy is both tragic and dangerous.”