Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president of Nigeria has slammed President Bola Tinubu over his recent remarks that his enemies are planning to oust him from office with the growing insecurity across the country.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, by his aide, Phrank Shaibu, the two-time presidential candidate warned that the blood of innocent Nigerians is a verdict no government can escape.
Stating that Tinubu is completely disconnected from the realities and challenges ravaging the nation and its people, Atiku said leadership is not sustained by defiance but by responsibility, compassion, and measurable action in the face of a national crisis.
Also noting that Tinubu’s re-election ambition remains his constitutional right, Atiku said, the present administration has failed woefully in its most solemn duty – to protect the lives and property of Nigerians.
“It is not political opponents who will judge this administration—it is the blood of innocent Nigerians being shed daily across our land. That blood cries out louder than any declaration of political resolve,” Atiku said.
Further highlighting some of the incidents and violent attacks that have claimed the lives of citizens, the African Democratic Congress leader said the bloodshed witnessed in Nigeria under the present administration has reached intolerable levels.
He also described Tinubu’s remarks as offensive and an aim to dismiss the anguish of grieving families and “playing into the hands of enemies and opponents.
“It is horrifying that the memories of innocent citizens—slain due to the failure of government to provide adequate security—would be so casually reduced to political rhetoric.
“It is disturbing that such a heinous incident has yet to attract the empathy or acknowledgement it deserves from the highest levels of government, while the loss of lives is instead framed as a political game,” he said.
In addition, Atiku noted that no amount of deflection or intimidation can rewrite the lived reality of Nigerians amid “reckless fiscal policies and the alarming scale of insecurity under this administration.”
