Former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has slammed the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over comments about his political choices.
Naijaonpoint reports that in a statement by its spokesman, Mogaji Seye Oladejo, the APC mocked Atiku, stating that his political career has been marked by constant desperation and a habit of defecting from one party to another.
In response, Atiku, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Paul Ibe, insisted that his political relevance is not in question, stressing that it should be more concerned with the true identity and age of its leaders.
The former Vice President said the man defined by restlessness, panic, and desperation, is in the Villa struggling to govern, appear coherent, and convince Nigerians that he is the age he claims to be.
He charged the Lagos APC to stop issuing unintelligent statements and direct its energy toward explaining the collapsing economy and the insecurity consuming the country.
The statement read, “The attention of the Atiku Media Office has been drawn to yet another hollow, ill-considered statement issued by the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), wherein its spokesman, Seye Oladejo, attempted to mock former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for joining the African Democratic Congress (ADC). As usual, the Lagos APC displayed its trademark hypocrisy, selective amnesia, and intellectual laziness.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Atiku Abubakar’s political journey is public, transparent, and fully documented. His age is known, his parents are known, his educational records are intact, and his public life can be traced from childhood to national prominence without the need for forensic experts, private investigators, or sworn affidavits to reconcile conflicting identities.
“This already places him miles ahead of their paymaster who by all reasonable public evidence is well past 90, yet insists on clinging to power and is already scheming for a second term. If Atiku, a far healthier, mentally sharper, and globally respected statesman, is “too old” to aspire at 79, then what do we call a visibly frail leader whose true age remains one of the country’s best-kept mysteries?
“The APC cannot, on one hand, enable a man who has switched names, ages, origins, and educational histories, yet on the other hand attack Atiku for making strategic political moves within a democratic system. Party mobility is not a crime; identity fraud is.
“Atiku’s decision to collaborate with the ADC is driven by conviction, nation-building, and a shared democratic vision not desperation. Only those accustomed to treating political parties as private estates will find such collaboration confusing.
“Atiku Abubakar remains the single most formidable, experienced, and prepared leader in the country today. His moral stamina, political clarity, and national acceptance continue to expose the emptiness of the APC’s propaganda and the illegitimacy of the regime they serve. If the APC is looking for a man defined by restlessness, panic, and desperation, they need not look far.
“He is in the Villa struggling to govern, struggling to appear coherent, and struggling to convince Nigerians that he is the age he claims to be.
“Rather than issuing unintelligent statements, the Lagos APC should direct its energy toward explaining the collapsing economy, the insecurity consuming the country, the hardship imposed on citizens, and the human suffering that has become the lasting legacy of their party.”
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