Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s presidency of attempting to subvert democratic principles and silence opposition voices ahead of 2027 general elections.
Phrank Shaibu, spokesperson to former Vice President Atiku
Abubakar, made this known in a statement on X on Thursday.
Recall that a presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, who,
while reacting to a live interview granted by Atiku Abubakar on Arise TV,
insisted that President Tinubu “must complete eight years” in office in line
with the North-South power rotation arrangement.
Onanuga had argued that having succeeded a northern
president who served two terms, it is now the South’s turn to retain power
until 2031—an assertion that has since sparked a fierce backlash from
opposition figures who describe it as unconstitutional and fundamentally
undemocratic.
In response, Atiku’s spokesperson, Shaibu, wrote: “Dear
@aonanuga1956, let me tell you clearly: no presidential aide, no matter how
loud or reckless, has the authority to rewrite the Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria or reduce democracy to a regional entitlement scheme. Power
rotation is a political convention, not a constitutional decree and certainly
not a tool to silence credible opposition.
“This tired attempt to bully @atiku out of the race reeks of
fear, not principle. The same people who shredded zoning within their own party
when it suited them now pretend to be its custodians. Hypocrisy has never worn
such a cheap costume,” he stated.
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