The Bola Tinubu administration has said the accusation by Atiku Abubakar that the incumbent Nigerian leader ‘stole his (Atiku’s) presidency’ exposes his “sense of entitlement and disconnect from the electorate”.
In a statement on Sunday, November 10, by Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu’s special adviser on information and strategy, obtained by Legit.ng, the presidency insisted that “Tinubu rightfully won” the 2023 election.
The statement partly reads:
“Since his defeat in the last election, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has shown more interest in undermining President Bola Ahmed Tinubu than in addressing his party’s implosion. We suspect he is envious of Tinubu’s position—an office he has unsuccessfully sought six times.”...Read Full Article [Click Here>]
It added:
“Atiku, going further to accuse President Tinubu of “stealing his presidency,” exposed his sense of entitlement and his disconnect from the electorate. The truth is that Tinubu rightfully won the presidency, a position Atiku was simply unqualified for due to his arrogance, insensitivity to Nigeria’s diversity, and the decision to disregard his party’s power rotation arrangement between the north and the south after eight years of President Muhammadu Buhari.”
