Atiku Abubakar has dismissed feedback made by Daniel Bwala, Particular Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Coverage Communication, describing him as a political opportunist with no ethical authority to lecture on legacy or patriotism.
The previous vp, who was the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate within the 2023 election, responded by means of his media adviser, Paul Ibe, on Tuesday, Could 5.
His remarks adopted Bwala’s look on TVC’s Journalists’ Hangout on Monday, the place the presidential aide mocked Atiku and declared that any political coalition he was main was “useless on arrival.”
Bwala had mentioned, “APC didn’t miss something about El-Rufai’s exit. He’s free to pursue his private ambitions. Atiku ought to settle for the desire of God and cease operating in opposition to future. Coalition is useless on arrival….”
In a pointy rebuttal, Atiku mentioned it was ironic and unlucky that Bwala, who as soon as served as his spokesperson, now positions himself as an ethical authority on issues akin to retirement, legacy, and future.
In response to the assertion, “His sanctimonious pontificating, laced with bitterness and duplicity, betrays a determined effort to curry favour with a floundering administration clearly shaken by the unstoppable momentum of the nationwide coalition being galvanised by Atiku and different progressive leaders.”
“Let or not it’s clearly acknowledged: Atiku Abubakar neither seeks nor requires validation from political opportunists who shed ideas as simply as they alter events.
“Mr. Bwala’s present relevance, if any, is owed solely to the platform he as soon as occupied beneath Atiku’s management, a truth that ought to breed humility, not vanity.”
The assertion accused the Tinubu administration of fixating on Atiku’s political future regardless of publicly claiming he poses no risk.
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“The Tinubu camp’s obsession with Atiku’s political future is not any coincidence. If, as they declare, Atiku is a spent power, why the relentless smear marketing campaign? Why the strategic allocation of presidential platforms to assault him?
“The reply is obvious: Atiku Abubakar stays the one most formidable opposition determine in Nigeria, and the coalition he’s forging represents a transparent and current hazard to the decaying edifice of the ruling social gathering.”
Describing the coalition as a “broad-based alliance,” the assertion mentioned it’s supposed to “reclaim Nigeria from {economic} collapse, institutional failure, and democratic erosion.”
It added, “No quantity of historic revisionism or sanctimony can obscure the truth that Atiku has been a central pillar in Nigeria’s democratic journey since 1999, championing reform, restructuring, and electoral integrity when others selected complicity.”
Atiku additionally mentioned he wouldn’t be distracted by “political jesters masquerading as patriots,” insisting that his focus stays on rescuing the nation.
“Legacy isn’t outlined by the trimmings of workplace however by braveness, consistency, and conviction. Atiku Abubakar’s legacy, as a unifier, builder, and patriot, is deeply etched within the consciousness of hundreds of thousands of Nigerians. It’s impervious to the revisionist bile of yesterday’s defectors turned as we speak’s defenders of dysfunction.
“We reaffirm, unequivocally, that the Waziri Adamawa stays centered and unshaken in his dedication to Nigeria’s future. He is not going to be distracted by political jesters masquerading as patriots.
“The rescue and rebuilding of Nigeria is a activity of pressing nationwide significance, far too necessary to be derailed by the petty ego journeys of determined presidential aides.”
