President Bola Tinubu has taken a swipe at Atiku Abubakar, criticising the former vice-president over his serial defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Tinubu spoke on Friday at a state dinner reception organised
by the Akwa Ibom state government.
“The other one (Atiku Abubakar)… I have been fighting the
roads in Adamawa and every place where he comes from,” Tinubu said.
The president added that Atiku abandoned the PDP after
indications emerged that some party members were prepared to challenge his
leadership.
Tinubu described the PDP as a once formidable force, but
said Atiku fled the party at first sign of trouble.
“PDP was a bunch of party, in which some of the good people
here believed in… initially. Immediately, a little inkling came that they were
going to challenge his leadership. He ran away,” he said.
The president further taunted Atiku’s move to the African
Democratic Congress (ADC).
“He abandoned the party; now he’s in ADC, or somewhere in
the jungle, and he’s looking for presidency,” Tinubu said.
Tinubu asked why Nigerians should entrust the country’s
leadership to someone he accused of ducking responsibility at a lower level
when most required.
“Will you give such a person who has no leadership, no
leadership quality, no sense of responsibility, no sense of cohesion that can
do good to this country, the presidency?” he asked.
Tinubu also reiterated his commitment to the proposed Akwa
Ibom Deep Seaport, urging the state government to fulfil its own promise.
“Keep your promise. I will keep mine. There will be Akwa
Ibom Deep seaport,” he said.
Tinubu described the forthcoming presidential election as
consequential, saying its outcome would determine the trajectory of the
country.
“This coming election on January 16th, 2027 is a
consequential election; it will determine the direction of this country,” he
said.
“When I took over, 27 governors out of 36 of this country,
were unable to pay salaries, not to talk of pensions and gratuities. Today, I
stand before you, able to say, we are out of that dark tunnel.
“I can beat my chest to say we are out of the greatest
despair, a dark tunnel of uncertainty and calamitous bankruptcy.”
Tinubu also aimed jabs at Peter Obi, presidential candidate
of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).
Atiku, Tinubu and Obi are the front-runners in next year’s
presidential vote.
Atiku left the PDP in 2006 to join the Action Congress (AC)
after failing to secure the party’s presidential ticket. He also departed the
party in 2014 to help form the All Progressives Congress (APC). He also
recently left the party on July 14, 2025.
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