Atiku slammed once more! Oshiomhole calls him Nigeria’s prime defector and suggests he writes a guide. Discover out why this jab has tongues wagging throughout Nigeria.
In what many have described as a daring swipe at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Senator Adams Oshiomhole has labelled him Nigeria’s most constant and celebrated political defector, suggesting the PDP presidential candidate ought to contemplate authoring a guide titled “The Artwork of Defection.”
Talking throughout a current episode of Channels Tv’s Politics In the present day, the previous APC Nationwide Chairman didn’t maintain again as he traced Atiku’s well-documented sample of social gathering switches, utilizing it as a counter-argument to claims of disunity inside the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“However let me remind you,” Oshiomhole mentioned pointedly, “that the most well-liked political defector in Nigeria’s historical past is His Excellency Atiku Abubakar.”
The senator from Edo North questioned why Atiku—then a sitting Vice President—defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Motion Congress (AC), which was led by Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the time, with none strain from state governors or the ruling elite.
“Was Atiku coerced by Tinubu to hitch ACN? Did any state governor power him to dump PDP?” Oshiomhole queried.
He went on to accuse Atiku of being pushed by private ambition reasonably than ideological loyalty, calling his political zigzagging a self-serving sample that has no bearing on nationwide curiosity or reform.
Atiku’s political journey is well-known: from PDP in 1998, to Motion Congress in 2006; again to PDP in 2009; leaping to APC in 2014; and returning once more to PDP in 2017. Oshiomhole reminded viewers that the previous Vice President had not simply moved between events, however had actively sought presidential tickets in virtually each one.
“Who pressured him to go away APC and return to PDP to contest in opposition to Jonathan? And when he misplaced, who invited him once more to return again to APC and run in opposition to Buhari?” Oshiomhole requested rhetorically.
Taking a dig at Atiku’s political memoir potential, he added:
“I feel the very best one that can write a complete guide on political defection is Atiku Abubakar.”
The remarks have sparked political debate nationwide, with many Nigerians divided on whether or not Atiku’s quite a few social gathering shifts characterize strategic flexibility or an absence of political conviction.
As of press time, Atiku Abubakar has not publicly responded to Oshiomhole’s feedback.
