Phrank Shaibu, senior special assistant on public communication to Atiku Abubakar, has criticised Adams Oshiomhole, senator representing Edo North, over his comments on the former vice-president.
On Monday, Oshiomhole, ex-national chairman of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), said Abubakar lacks the competence to govern
Nigeria.
Oshiomhole’s comments came hours after Abubakar formally
joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the party adopted by a coalition
of opposition politicians.
In a statement on Tuesday, Shaibu said Oshiomhole’s remarks
were “a tired distraction” aimed at diverting attention from “the failures of
the APC”, a party he argued has plunged Nigeria into its worst state in
decades.
“Atiku Abubakar was Vice President of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria, not the national chairman of the PDP, and certainly not the sole
administrator of a political institution with thousands of independent leaders
across the country,” the statement reads.
“Leadership in a democratic party is not dictatorship. The
PDP, unlike the APC, was not a private estate controlled from Bourdillon, where
one individual tele-guides decisions and stifles internal democracy.
“If Oshiomhole seeks the man who ‘fixed a party’ into a
personal empire, he needs only look at the godfather he serves. Under the APC,
party supremacy died, dissent was criminalised, and institutions of state
became partisan weapons. That is the only kind of ‘fixing’ Oshiomhole
understands.”
Shaibu said Abubakar’s record in office, including his stewardship of the national economic council, demonstrated vision and capacity, noting that his reform efforts strengthened the private sector and attracted investments.
He argued that although Abubakar has never been president,
his development blueprint remains one of the most coherent frameworks for
Nigeria’s progress.
Shaibu wondered what moral authority the APC has to question
leadership when, according to him, the party failed to fix the country after
“eight wasted years” and nearly three years under President Bola Tinubu.
He said Nigerians are well aware that Abubakar represents
experience and competence, insisting that Oshiomhole’s interventions amount to
“noise and propaganda”.
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