The presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has described Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate and former vice president of Nigeria as a betrayer.
The former governor of Lagos said this while addressing his supporters at the inauguration of the Delta State APC governorship campaign over the weekend in Warri.
Tinubu said that Atiku is a man without shame. He recalled that while Atiku was a vice-president to the former president, General Olusegun Obasanjo, he betrayed his boss by fighting him in public.
Tinubu said, “When Atiku was there, he was fighting his boss in public. They were telling us how they spent PTF money to buy cars for their girlfriends. Do they have shame?”
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Meanwhile, the People’s Democratic Party presidential campaign Management Committee has debunked Tinubu’s statement concerning Atiku as false. The party frowned at the statement describing it as a malicious attack.
According to Senator Dino Melaye, the spokesperson to for the PDP Campaign Committee, in a statement, described the APC presidential candidate as a man who should not be trusted as he is running from the law.
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The Senator said, “In a fit of temporary coherence, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, in Delta State, as usual departed from issues and devoted his limited attention to His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar, who must be giving him nightmares on the 2023 presidential election.
“According to the APC presidential candidate, Atiku ‘fought’ Obasanjo while in office. We owe him deep gratitude that Tinubu recalled this fine attribute of Atiku Abubakar, who while he served as the vice president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria defended the constitution and deepened Nigeria’s democracy.
“It is not a surprise that Tinubu would castigate a man who defended the rule of law. A man who is running from the law on many fronts cannot see merit in defending the rule of law.
“It is to Atiku’s eternal credit that he stood firm in pursuit of his conviction that the loyalty of public officers is to the constitution and not to individuals. This position will definitely be at variance with the disposition of a man of tyrannical antecedents like Tinubu, who in exhibition of undemocratic tendencies fought his female Deputy Governor, Mrs Kofo Akereke-Bucknor, until she was removed from office. The treatment he gave to Mr Femi Pedro was not any better. Why then did he focus on the jot in someone’s eyes while overlooking the log on his own?”
The former lawmaker recalled that Tinubu betrayed the Afenifere Group when he removed his first deputy governor, Mrs Kofo Akereke-Burknor from office.
He said, “the removal of Tinubu’s first deputy governor from office was a gross betrayal of Afenifere, who had nominated the former deputy governor as part of the group’s understanding for supporting Tinubu’s election as governor of Lagos State. This conduct is proof that Tinubu cannot be trusted with power.”