The Presidency has accused former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of envy, saying he has shown more interest in undermining President Bola Tinubu than in “addressing his party’s implosion.”
Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, in a statement also said the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election was not qualified to contest in the first place, having failed to honour the zoning arrangements of his party.
The Presidency while responding to Atiku’s statement that his mandate was stolen, also added that “Tinubu rightfully won the presidency, a position Atiku was simply unqualified for due to his arrogance, insensitivity to Nigeria’s diversity, and the decision to disregard his party’s power rotation arrangement between the North and the South after eight years of President Muhammadu Buhari.”
Onanuga said, “Since his defeat in the last election, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has shown more interest in undermining President Bola Ahmed Tinubu than in addressing his party’s implosion. We suspect he is envious of Tinubu’s position—an office he has unsuccessfully sought six times.
It is perplexing that he would elevate his untested, hypothetical proposal, which Nigerians soundly rejected during the 2023 Presidential Election, and seek to present it as a superior alternative to the multi-faceted reform programmes implemented by the Tinubu administration.
“If his plan lacked popular appeal, he must acknowledge that merely repackaging it will not resolve the social and economic challenges his People’s Democratic Party (PDP) bequeathed after 16 years in power.
