Atiku slams Oshiomhole, says ‘APC monumental failure’

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has hit again at Senator Adams Oshiomhole for criticising him, arguing that the ruling social gathering has failed Nigeria.

Atiku additionally slammed the previous All Progressives Congress nationwide chairman for defending the APC social gathering, claiming that the ruling social gathering destroyed inside democracy and turned itself right into a “non-public property.”

Atiku issued the response on Tuesday by his Senior Particular Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu.

Oshiomhole had on Monday mocked Atiku’s official defection to the African Democratic Congress, claiming that the ex-VP lacked the capability to reform any political social gathering.

Talking on Channels Tv’s Politics At this time, the lawmaker representing Edo North argued that Atiku repeatedly deserted events after failing to safe a presidential ticket.

He mentioned Atiku “couldn’t repair” the Peoples Democratic Party regardless of serving as vp for eight years and later left the APC after shedding its presidential major.

However Atiku’s camp dismissed the declare, stressing that the previous Edo governor had no ethical authority to evaluate him.

The assertion learn: “Oshiomhole’s try to query Atiku’s capability is nothing greater than a drained distraction from the monumental failures of the APC—the very social gathering he helped foist on Nigeria, and the identical social gathering that has pushed the nation to its worst state in many years.

“Atiku was vp of Nigeria, not the nationwide chairman of the PDP, and positively not the only administrator of a political establishment with hundreds of impartial leaders throughout the nation. Management in a democratic social gathering is just not a dictatorship.”

Atiku additional mentioned, “If Oshiomhole seeks the person who ‘fastened a celebration’ into a private empire, he wants solely have a look at the godfather he serves. Below the APC, social gathering supremacy died, dissent was criminalised, and establishments of state grew to become partisan weapons. That’s the solely sort of ‘fixing’ Oshiomhole understands,” he mentioned.

Itemizing his achievements, Atiku famous that he rebuilt the financial system as chairman of the Nationwide Financial Council and championed reforms that strengthened private-sector progress, insisting his management report stays unmatched.

“The true query is that this: If the APC couldn’t repair Nigeria after eight wasted years and practically three years of Tinubu, what ethical authority does Oshiomhole should touch upon management?

“Nigerians know the reality. Atiku Abubakar represents imaginative and prescient, expertise, and capability. Oshiomhole represents noise, propaganda, and the bruising legacy of a celebration that betrayed the hopes of hundreds of thousands. He ought to sit this one out,” he added.

Atiku formally joined the African Democratic Congress on Monday after receiving his membership card at Jada 1 Ward in Adamawa State.

His registration got here months after resigning from the PDP over “irreconcilable variations.”

The occasion drew outstanding political figures, together with former Governor Bindow Jibrilla and Senator Aishatu Binani.