2027: Tinubu, APC jittery over coalition of opposition parties, says Atiku

• Insists rescuing, rebuilding Nigeria a task of national importance

By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja

Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has declared that rescuing and rebuilding of Nigeria is a task of urgent national importance that is far too important to be derailed by the petty ego trips of desperate presidential aides.

This is even as Atiku said that the coalition of opposition political parties that he is forging, represents a clear and present danger to the decaying edifice of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

The former Vice President made the declaration in a statement on Tuesday by His Media office in Abuja.

The statement was in response to some disparaging remarks made by Mr. Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Policy Communication, during a recent interview on TVC.

Atiku, according to his Media office, remains the single most formidable opposition figure in Nigeria, while the coalition he is forging represents a clear and present danger to “the decaying edifice of the ruling party”.

The Atiku Media office reaffirmed, unequivocally, that the Waziri Adamawa remains focused and unshaken in his commitment to Nigeria’s future, stressing that he will not be distracted by political jesters masquerading as patriots.

The statement pointed out that the broad-based alliance, being championed by the former Vice President, which is aimed at reclaiming Nigeria from economic collapse, institutional failure, and democratic erosion, has clearly rattled the ruling elite.

The Atiku Media office emphatically stated that no amount of historical revisionism or sanctimony can obscure the fact that Atiku has been a central pillar in Nigeria’s democratic journey since 1999, championing reform, restructuring, and electoral integrity when others chose complicity.

The statement reads, “The Atiku Media Office notes with utter contempt, the disparaging remarks made by Mr. Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Policy Communication, during a recent interview on TVC.

“It is both ironic and pathetic that Mr. Bwala — a political turncoat, who once served as spokesperson for Atiku Abubakar’s 2023 presidential campaign, — now presumes to lecture a statesman of global standing on matters of legacy, destiny, and retirement.

“His sanctimonious pontificating, laced with bitterness and duplicity, betrays a desperate effort to curry favour with a floundering administration clearly shaken by the unstoppable momentum of the national coalition being galvanized by Atiku and other progressive leaders.

“Let it be clearly stated: Atiku Abubakar neither seeks nor requires validation from political opportunists who shed principles as easily as they change parties.

“Mr. Bwala’s current relevance, if any, is owed entirely to the platform he once occupied under Atiku’s leadership — a fact that should breed humility, not arrogance.”