You Have Memory Loss – Atiku Mocks Tinubu

• Cites moment he forgot the party name

The Roforofo fight between the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s counterpart, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is getting more interesting by the day with both camps exchanging harsh words.

The latest in the public spat between the two sides is the sympathy expressed on Sunday by Atiku Media Office to the former Lagos State governor because “his memory is no longer what it used to be.”

The Wazirin Adamawa’s Media office was responding to a statement credited to the Tinubu Campaign Organisation (TCO) accusing the PDP candidate of lying about his past record of opposition to the Muslim-Muslim ticket, the

A statement signed by Atiku’s Media Adviser, Mazi Paul Ibe noted that the response from Tinubu’s camp to his interview on Arise TV, which he described as “replete with indiscreet language,” deserves a response.

Accordingly, Ibe said; “The former Vice President has elected to respond to the claims made by Asiwaju. On the issue of Atiku Abubakar offering to make Bola Tinubu his running mate in 2007, the Waziri says as a statesman, which he believes Asiwaju Bola Tinubu also is or should be, it is pertinent that they use temperate language at all times.

“It not only shows that they are seasoned and mature but more importantly, it is also a good indicator of fitness for office. And that is why it is our intention to respond to Asiwaju’s statement on Atiku Abubakar’s Arise TV interview, not in the rather impolite manner that he dealt with the PDP presidential candidate, but in measured tones.”

Pointedly making reference to the fact that the APC National Leader could be having issues with memory loss, the Atiku camp said; ““If Bola Tinubu can forget the name of his own political party, why will he not also forget what transpired in 2007 and 2015? We do sympathise with him.

“From the forgoing, it is clear that His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar’s memory and recollection of the event has been corroborated by multiple, independent, and unconnected third parties, and if this were a court of law, this issue would have been regarded as proved beyond reasonable doubt.”

Further amplifying the issue of memory loss in their current words of words on past developments in the polity and their political association over the the years, the Atiku Media Office said;  “We would not say that Bola Tinubu has lied. Rather, it is our desire to give him the benefit of the doubt, and believe that his memory may not be what it used to be.”

However, aside the memory loss issue raised, the Atiku camp only stopped short of calling the APC Standard bearer a serial lair when it stated thus; “The above clearly shows a behavioural pattern here. So, if anyone is “unhinged from the truth” (to borrow Asiwaju Tinubu’s words), it certainly is not Atiku Abubakar.”