…Says, the lawmaker represents noise, propaganda, bruising legacy
Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications, Phrank Shaibu to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has cautioned former governor of Edo State, Senator Adams Oshiomhole on the need to always check the mirror before he speaks in public.
This was as Shaibu described Oshiomhole’s attempt to question Atiku Abubakar’s capacity as “nothing more than a tired distraction from the monumental failures of the APC—the very party he helped foist on Nigeria and the same party that has driven the country to its worst state in decades.”
Oshiomhole, who was also National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had on Monday, said that Atiku lacks the capacity to govern Nigeria, saying that the inability of the Waziri Adamawa to stabilise the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) disqualifies him from claiming he can fix the country.
But, Shaibu specifically questioned the moral authority of Oshiomhole to comment on leadership when the APC could not fix Nigeria after eight wasted years and nearly three years of Tinubu, and emphasised that if Oshiomhole is seeking to see the man who “fixed a party” into a personal empire, he needs only look at the godfather he serves.
Shaibu noted that under the APC, party supremacy died, just as dissent was criminalised, and institutions of state became partisan weapons, saying; “That is the only kind of ‘fixing’ Oshiomhole understands”.
While stating that Nigerians know the truth from the fallacy of Oshiomhole, Shaibu particularly declared that “Atiku Abubakar represents vision, experience, and capacity”. Shaibu further said; “Oshiomhole represents noise, propaganda, and the bruising legacy of a party that betrayed the hopes of millions.
“Atiku Abubakar was Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, not the national chairman of the PDP, and certainly not the sole administrator of a political institution with thousands of independent leaders across the country. “Leadership in a democratic party is not dictatorship. The PDP, unlike the APC, was not a private estate controlled from Bourdillon, where one individual tele-guides decisions and stifles internal democracy.
“Atiku’s record speaks for itself. He rebuilt the economy as chairman of the National Economic Council. He championed reforms that attracted investment and strengthened the private sector.
“Atiku has never been President, yet his development blueprint remains the most coherent Nigeria has seen in decades.
“The real question is this: If the APC could not fix Nigeria after eight wasted years and nearly three years of Tinubu, what moral authority does Oshiomhole have to comment on leadership?” he said.
