The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s decision to join the African Democratic Congress (ADC) reveals his level of desperation.
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.
The party wondered if Atiku was seeking power, relevance, or another party to scatter.
Oladejo insisted that Atiku’s latest defection was not a strategic move, but a survival tactic.
According to Oladejo, “Atiku’s decision to pick up an ADC membership card at 80 is the perfect climax to a political career defined by ceaseless desperation, chronic restlessness, and an incurable addiction to party-hopping.
“Nigerians are laughing, and rightly so. Because the question writes itself: What exactly is Atiku still looking for at 80?
“Power? Relevance? Closure? Or simply another party to scatter?
“This is a man who has worn more political jerseys than a veteran footballer on a farewell tour; contested presidential elections like a man chasing a debt, not a mandate, abandoned allies, parties, and principles at the slightest inconvenience, spent decades auditioning for a job Nigerians have repeatedly told him he cannot have.”
Oladejo said Atiku’s latest “jump into ADC is not a strategy, it is survival. It is not reinvention, it is expiration disguised as relevance. It is not courage, it is panic.”
He wondered how Atiku, who had failed to reform the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), would fix Nigeria.
“A man who couldn’t fix PDP wants to fix Nigeria? Please.
“Here is a man who split the PDP into pieces, fought governors, disrespected party elders, weaponised internal chaos, and plunged the party into the worst existential crisis of its life, only to now run away like a burglar leaving a ransacked house.
“And now, at 80 years old, he wants to start again?
“Start what, exactly? Another round of confusion? Another failed presidential bid? Another national distraction?”
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