Time for Atiku to end presidential ambition – Presidency

The President has reminded Atiku Abubakar, the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) nominee for President in the 2023 election, that it is past time for him to give up on his dream of becoming President.

The Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate from the previous election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, finally found a voice on Monday at a press conference in Abuja, after more than 96 hours, to respond to the Supreme Court’s trouncing of his appeal of his egregiously incompetent election petition. The statement was signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy.

“We misjudged Atiku’s ability to act like a statesman and athlete at 77 years old and accept the ruling of Nigeria’s highest court and its citizens with composure.”Rather, in an attempt to accomplish what he was unable to obtain through the electoral process, he shamelessly characterized himself as a demagogue and anarchist by attempting to overthrow and undermine all governmental institutions.

Alhaji Atiku launched a tirade against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and judiciary, particularly our apex court, for not bending the law and the constitution to satisfy his whims and caprices during his press conference, where he labored, in vain, to once again manipulate public opinion and blame the judiciary for his self-inflicted defeat in the 25 February Presidential election.

Atiku made a concerted effort to improve his deceptive performance by claiming to uphold higher moral standards and false morality, but in reality, his entire life is in direct opposition to these principles.

For example, Atiku asserted that he collaborated with others to remove military rule in Nigeria, despite being under the control of the same junta that imprisoned his mentor, Major-General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua (rtd), until his death and held democracy hostage. In order to maintain his gubernatorial ambition on the platform of one of those disgraceful Abacha political groups, he distanced himself from him when he was in detention.

According to Atiku’s style of politics, democracy must be threatened if an election or electoral process does not support him or open the door for his win. Democracy should either be his way or the highway, in his opinion.

In his word choice and perspective on Nigeria, the PDP candidate was callous and abrasive. It is hard to fathom the degree of dissatisfaction that might lead a former vice president of Nigeria—who held the second-highest position in the country—to have such a negative outlook on his native land. The PDP candidate declared that Nigeria is doomed just because he was unable to fulfill his own desire.

We would like to convey to Alhaji Atiku that Nigeria is not doomed. All that is doomed is Atiku’s excessive desire to become president. Under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s direction, Nigeria is progressing and poised to fulfill its destiny of becoming one of the world’s most renowned and prosperous countries.

In contrast to Atiku’s depressing assessment of our democracy, we are happy to inform the world that it is thriving and expanding. That’s the reason why, unlike in the past when just two parties dominated the national parliament, since 1999 the makeup and outlook of our National Assembly have reflected the diversity and plurality of voters’ choices and preferences as a rainbow coalition of different parties.

Votes are important in Nigeria today. The ongoing enhancement of our democratic process, praised by both domestic and foreign observers, cannot be undermined by the willful falsification of facts concerning our most recent election by Alhaji Atiku and his associate, Peter Obi. IReV was not intended to be an internet collation center, as the Supreme Court has stated. It was just a place where the public could see the outcomes.

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“The PDP and Atiku, along with Peter Obi’s wing of the Labour Party, are unable to uphold their own reality in defiance of reason, common sense, and the law.

“Atiku and his horde of hired men understood why they were not elected. Nigerians favored Bola Ahmed Tinubu and supported him in the presidential election, which is why the PDP candidate lost. Because he presented a more promising future for our nation, Tinubu and his APC prevailed. The All Progressives Congress was a strong, cohesive party that managed a well-planned campaign while maintaining the integrity of its membership.

“Atiku lost because, heading into a significant election, his umbrella was frayed and broken, unable to hold together. With the PDP platform divided into four sections, Atiku could not have won the election on behalf of the party. While the APC entered the election as a powerful, viable, and cohesive organization, we wonder how Atiku could have imagined any possible route to victory with Mr. Peter Obi’s Labour Party, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s NNPP, and PDP G-5 Governors who took away potential PDP votes.